Mary Baker Eddy facts for kids

Mary Baker Eddy
Quick facts for kids Mary Baker Eddy
Born	Mary Morse Baker ; July 16, 1821; Bow, New Hampshire
Died	December 3, 1910 (aged 89); Newton, Massachusetts
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Resting place	Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Other names	Mary Baker Glover, Mary Patterson, Mary Baker Glover Eddy, Mary Baker G. Eddy
Known for	Founder of Christian Science
Notable work	Science and Health (1875)
Spouse(s)	George Washington Glover (m. 1843–1844); Daniel Patterson (m. 1853–1873); Asa Gilbert Eddy (m. 1877–1882)
Children	George Washington Glover II (b. 1844)
Parent(s)	Mark Baker (d. 1865); Abigail Ambrose Baker (d. 1849)

Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the founder of Christian Science, a new religious movement in the United States in the latter half of the 19th century.

Eddy wrote the movement's textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (first published 1875) and founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879. She also founded the Christian Science Publishing Society (1898), which continues to publish a number of periodicals, including The Christian Science Monitor (founded in 1908).

Baker died of pneumonia at her home in Newton, Massachusetts on December 3, 1910 at the age of 89.

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Eddy's birthplace
Mark Baker
The Congregational Church in Tilton, New Hampshire, which Eddy attended
Eddy in the 1850s
Elizabeth Patterson Duncan Baker, Mark Baker's second wife
Eddy's methods are seen as being derived from the ideas of Phineas Quimby and homeopathy.
Eddy around 1864
Eddy's son George Washington Glover II
Eddy in Lynn, MA, 1871
Mary Baker G. Eddy in later years.
Calvin Frye, Eddy's personal secretary
Monument to Eddy in Mount Auburn Cemetery
23 Paradise Road, Swampscott, Massachusetts
277 Main Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts
133 Central Street, Stoughton, Massachusetts
8 Broad Street, Lynn, Massachusetts
400 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Newton, Massachusetts