Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, author of “Frankenstein,” daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft; became the wife of the poet Shelley in 1816 after a two years' illicit relationship; besides “Frankenstein” (1828), wrote several romances, “The Last Man,” “Lodore,” &c., also “Rambles in Germany and Italy”; edited with valuable notes her husband's works (1797‒1851).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Sheldonian Theatre * Shelley, Percy Bysshe