Death year 1797 celebrities

Death year 1797

Horace Walpole Facts

Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London w

Elizabeth Smith Stanley Facts

Princess Joséphine of Lorraine Facts

Joséphine of Lorraine (Marie Joséphine Thérèse; 26 August 1753 – 8 February 1797) was a French princess of the House of Lorraine and by marriage the Princess of Carignan. She was the paternal grandmother of Charles Albert of Sardinia, from whom

Mary Wollstonecraft Facts

Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 – 10 September 1797) was an eighteenth-century British writer, philosoph

James Hutton Facts

James Hutton MD (Edinburgh, 3 June 1726 OS (14 June 1726 NS)  – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, ph

Olaudah Equiano Facts

Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent Afric