Mary Evelyn

Mary Evelyn (née Browne; 1632–1709) was an English letter writer. She was the wife of the English diarist and intellectual John Evelyn. Described as a woman of "acute intelligence and tangible warmth", Mary earned praise throughout her life as a skilled artist, wife and mother, and homemaker. She is known also for her letters to the Oxford don Ralph Bohun.

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