Dods, Mary Diana, 1791?-1829 or 1830

found: Lyndsay, D. Dramas of the ancient world, 1822, viewed via Google Books on June 4, 2019 :title page (David Lyndsay)

found: Bennett, B. T. Mary Diana Dods, a gentleman and a scholar, 1991:page 25 (Dods wrote Tales of the Wild and Wonderful, published by Hurst & Robinson.) page 230 (Dods died sometime between November 1829 and November 1830.) page 231 (Dods was born a few years after Lord Byron, which means circa 1791.)

found: Phone call to B.T. Bennett, 8-6-90(Mary Diana Dods; wrote primarily for Blackwood's magazine; published 2 works--one attributed to G.H. Borrow, and Dramas of the ancient world (under pseud. David Lyndsay))

found: Friedman, G. "Pseudonymity, Passing, and Queer Biography: The Case of Mary Diana Dods", Érudit, no. 23, August 2001, viewed online June 4, 2019 :(Mary Diana Dods, a Scotswoman with multiple names and genders. Wrote for magazines, both anonymously and under the name David Lyndsay. Other pseudonym: Walter Sholto Douglas. As Douglas, adopted masculine dress, passed as a man, and moved to France, where, hoping to join the diplomatic service, [s]he played the role of husband to Mary Shelley's friend Isabella Robinson.) - https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ron/2001-n23-ron435/005985ar/

found: Seymour, M. Mary Shelley, 2002 :page 372 ("David Lindsay" was one of several pseudonyms used by Mary Diana Dods.)