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Feb 09, 1754 Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey, United States Died on 20 Nov 1828 (aged 74)
American army officer
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About Gilbert Imlay
- Gilbert Imlay (February 9, 1754 – November 20, 1828) was an American businessman, author, and diplomat.
- He served in the U.S.
- embassy to France and became one of the earliest American writers, producing two books, the influential A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America, and a novel, The Emigrants, both of which promoted settlement in the North American interior. Imlay was known in his day as a shrewd but unscrupulous businessman involved in land speculation in Kentucky.
- However, he is best known today for his brief affair with British feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft, which resulted in the birth of a daughter, Fanny Imlay.
