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Anne Brontë

Anne Brontë was an English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. Anne Brontë was the daughter of Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England. Anne lived most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the Yorkshire moors

Born: 17 January 1820, ThorntonDied:

28 May 1849,

ScarboroughPlace of burial: St Mary’s Church, ScarboroughSiblings: Emily Brontë, Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Brontë, Branwell Brontë, Maria BrontëParents: Patrick Brontë, Maria Branwell

Emily Brontë

Emily Jane Brontë was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature.

Born: 30 July 1818, ThorntonDied:

19 December 1848, Haworth

Mary Shelley

English novelistMary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Wikipedia

Born: 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London

Died: 1 February 1851, Chester Square, London

Place of burial: St Peter’s Church, BournemouthSpouse: Percy Bysshe Shelley (m. 1816–1822)Children: Percy Florence Shelley, Clara Everina Shelley, William ShelleyParents: Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin

Lord Byron

Baron Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS, simply known as Lord Byron, was an English poet and peer. One of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, Byron is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. He remains widely read and influential. WikipediaBorn: 22 January 1788, LondonDied: 19 April 1824, Missolonghi, GreecePlace of burial: St Mary Magdalene Church, HucknallChildren: Ada Lovelace, Allegra Byron

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

PoetPercy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets. American literary critic Harold Bloom describes him as “a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival, and surely one of the most advanced sceptical intellects ever to write a poem.” WikipediaBorn: 4 August 1792, HorshamDied: 8 July 1822, Lerici, ItalySpouse: Mary Shelley (m. 1816–1822), Harriet Westbrook (m. 1811–1816)Children: Percy Florence Shelley, William Shelley, Clara Everina Shelley, Ianthe Eliza Shelley

John Keats

English poet

John Keats was an English poet prominent in the second generation of Romantic poets, with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, although his poems had been published for only four years when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. WikipediaBorn: 31 October 1795, Moorgate, LondonDied: 23 February 1821, Rome, ItalyPlace of burial: Non-Catholic Cemetery Of Rome Cimitero Acattolico di Roma, Rome, ItalySiblings: Thomas Keats, Frances Mary Keats, George Keats

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