Mary Baker Eddy

Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the founder of Christian Science (1879), an American system of religious thought and practice adopted by the Church of Christ, Scientist, and others. She is the author of the movement's textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and founded the Christian Science Publishing Society (1898), which continues to publish a number of periodicals including The Christian Science Monitor (1908).

Married three times, she took the name Mary Baker Glover from her first marriage. She was also known from her third marriage as Mary Baker Glover Eddy or Mary Baker G. Eddy.

Read more about Mary Baker Eddy:  Childhood, Early Marriages, Persistent Ill Health, Study With Phineas Quimby and His Influence, 1866 Injury, Healing and Study Leads To Christian Science, Publishing Her Work, Building A Church, Death, Distinguishing Between Eddy and Quimby and Other Criticisms, Legacy, Residences, Biographies of Eddy, Works

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