Mary Pix

Anne Kelley (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Janet Todd, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Dates

Born 1666
Died 1709
Activity 1696-1706

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Other

Novelist
Poet

Resources

Pix's Works

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Mary Pix (1666-1709) was a playwright and novelist. It seems likely that she was born in Nettlebed, Oxfordshire. Her father, Roger Griffith, may have been the Rev. Roger Griffith, vicar of Padbury and Headmaster of the Royal Latin School in Buckingham; her mother Lucy, née Berriman, originated from Soundess in the parish of Nettlebed, Oxfordshire. There is a comment in Giles Jacob's

Poetical Register

that Mary Pix “by her Mother's side was descended from a very considerable family, that of the

Wallis's

” (Giles Jacob,

The Poetical Register

, London: 1719, l, 203), but that is the only extant reference to this genealogy. For most of her adult life, Pix appears to have lived in London. The records of the church of St. Benet Fink, London, show that she married George Pix, a merchant…

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Citation: Kelley, Anne. "Mary Pix". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 July 2002 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5048, accessed 05 December 2024.]