Gregory, Lady Augusta
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| Birthname | Gregory, Lady Isabella Augusta Persse | ||
| born on | 15 March 1852 at 00:15 (= 12:15 AM ) | ||
| Place | Roxborough, Ireland, 53n17, 9w05 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m9w05 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   24°37'   20°40 Asc. 29°27'
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Biography
Irish playwright and poet who recreated traditional myth and folklore, especially in wonder plays and children's plays. She wrote more than 35 plays herself plus two in which she collaborated with her friend William Butler Yeats.
While visiting Nice with her family in 1879 she met Sir William Gregory. They married the following year when she was 28 and he, 63. Their only child, Robert was born in May 1881. Sir William was killed in wartime Italy, 1918, when his plane was shot down. The marriage was a happy one and their estate, Coole Park in Cort, Ireland, was beloved by Lady Gregory.
She died after a long battle with cancer, 5/22/1932 in Coole Park, Ireland.
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1880 (Sir William Gregory)
- Family : Change in family responsibilities May 1881 (Only child Robert born)
- Death by Disease 22 May 1932 (Cancer, age 80)
- Death of Mate 1918 (Husband shot down in wartime Italy)
Source Notes
Aaron Fischer q "Lady Gregory's 70 years," (MacMillan, N.Y. 1974), "I was born at the midnight hour between the 14th and 15th of March, 1852... with the planet Jupiter... on the angle."
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Sir William Gregory)
- Family : Relationship : Mate - Age difference more than 15 yrs (Husband 35 years older)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One son)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage - Very happy
- Family : Relationship : Widowed
- Vocation : Writers : Poet
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script (Over 35 plays)
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Terminal)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (38 years)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One, lasting)
