Mary Jean Stone (born at

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, in 1853; died at

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, 3 May 1908) was an English historical writer.

Life

She was educated in Paris and at

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in Germany, where she acquired a knowledge of French, German, and Italian. In Germany she became a

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convert, and was received into the Catholic Church by Monsignor Ketteler, then

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. On her return to England, she was encouraged as a historian by

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contacts.

Works

*"Faithful unto Death", a study of the martyrs of the Order of St. Francis during the Reformation period (1892); *"Eleanor Leslie", a memoir of a Scottish convert (1898); *"Mary the First, Queen of England" (1901); *"Reformation and Renaissance" (1904), studies; *"Studies from Court and Cloister", reprinted essays, including "Margaret Tudor", "Sir Henry Bedingfeld", and a "Missing Page from the Idylls of the King" (1905); *"The Church in English History", a textbook for teachers of history (1907). Her "Cardinal Pole", begun for the St. Nicholas Series, was interrupted by her death. She was a frequent contributor to the periodicals, the '' Dublin Review'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', etc., and contributed several articles to ''

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''.

References

;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Mary Jean 1853 births 1908 deaths English women non-fiction writers English biographers British women biographers Writers from Brighton 19th-century women writers People from Battle, East Sussex 19th-century English women writers 19th-century English people