Mary Jean Stone Explained

Mary Jean Stone
Birth Place:Brighton, Sussex, England
Death Place:Battle, East Sussex, England
Occupation:Writer
Nationality:English
Genre:Non-fiction

Mary Jean Stone (born at Brighton, Sussex, in 1853; died at Battle, Sussex, 3 May 1908) was an English historical writer.

Life

She was educated in Paris and at Aschaffenburg in Germany, where she acquired a knowledge of French, German, and Italian. In Germany she became a Roman Catholic convert, and was received into the Catholic Church by Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, then Bishop of Mainz.

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

Works

Her Cardinal Pole, begun for the St. Nicholas Series, was interrupted by her death. She was a frequent contributor to periodicals including the Dublin Review, The Month, Blackwood's Magazine, and Cornhill Magazine, and contributed several articles to the Catholic Encyclopedia.

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