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Mary Hardy Reeser (March 8, 1884 – July 2, 1951) of St. Petersburg, Florida, was a woman whose fiery death was surrounded by mystery, and even controversially reported at the time to be a case of spontaneous human combustion (SHC). [1] [2] She was often referred to as the "cinder lady" in newspaper accounts of the day. [3]
[20] [9] It is surmounted by tomb effigies of Mary and George, sculpted by Sir William Reid Dick. [21] In August 1953, the Principal Probate Registry records showed that Mary had left £379,864 in her will. [1] Her will was sealed in London after her death. Her estate was valued at £406,407 (or £7.9 million in 2022 when adjusted for inflation ...
Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [9] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto.
Mary Lea Trump (born May 3, 1965) [3] is an American psychologist and writer. A member of the Trump family , she has been critical of her uncle, U.S. President Donald Trump . Her 2020 book about him and the family, Too Much and Never Enough , sold nearly one million copies on the day of its release.
Mary, Lady Heath [a] (17 November 1896 – 9 May 1939) [1] was an Irish aviator and sportswoman. Born Sophie Catherine Theresa Mary Peirce-Evans in Knockaderry, County Limerick, near the town of Newcastle West. She was one of the best-known women in the world for a five-year period from the mid-1920s.
Mary Denise Rand, MBE (née Bignal; born 10 February 1940) is a British former track and field athlete. She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking ...
In 1859, the body of a young woman was found floating in the Oxford Canal; her death led to a sensational murder trial, and two men were eventually hanged for the murder. In 1989, Inspector Morse is recovering from a bleeding ulcer in Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. Morse is given a book by the wife of a recently deceased patient at the hospital.
Mary (right) and her sister, Margaret (left), 1760–1761. Mary was born on 31 January 1750, [2] in Sudbury, Suffolk. She was baptized on 3 February 1760. [3] Her father, Thomas Gainsborough was a painter. On the other hand, her mother, Margaret Burr was the illegitimate daughter of Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort. [4]