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just WHO were the Brontes anyway? |
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| Haworth
Parsonage: The Brontes' home |
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The
children of an Irish clergyman, the Brontes are now one of the world's
most famous literary families. But who ACTUALLY were these sisters
from Haworth who had such short lives, but such a big impact..? These
are the facts! |
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Charlotte
Bronte 1816-1855
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1816 Born, Thornton, Yorkshire
1824 Joins sisters Maria and Elizabeth at school for
the daughters of clergy at Cowan Bridge, near Kirkby Lonsdale
1825 Charlotte and Emily taken away from the school.
At home, sisters and Branwell create and write about imaginary
world of 'Angria'
1831 Goes to Miss Wooler's School at Roe Head, Mirfield
1832 Returns home and teaches her sisters
1835 Goes back to Roe Head as a teacher
1838 Leaves Roe Head
1839 Governess at Stonegappe in Lothersdale but leaves
two months later
1841 Governess at Upperwood House, Rawdon; leaves eight
months later 1842 Charlotte and Emily enrol at the Pensionnat
Heger in Brussels to study French and German
1844 Charlotte returns home from Brussels
1845 Arthur Nicholls appointed curate of Haworth
1846 POEMS by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell published
1846 Completes THE PROFESSOR but does not find
a publisher
1847 JANE EYRE published
1849 SHIRLEY published
After Anne's death, makes several visits to different parts
of the country meeting some of the literary figures of the
time
1852 Mr Nicholls first proposes marriage
1853 VILETTE published
1854 Marries Mr Nicholls
1855 Dies in early stages of pregnancy
1857 Mrs Gaskell's THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE
published
1857 THE PROFESSOR finally published
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Emily
Jane Bronte 1818-1848
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1818
Born, Thornton
1824 Joins sisters at Cowan Bridge school
1825 Charlotte and Emily taken away from the school.
At home, the sisters and Branwell create and write about imaginary
world of 'Angria'. Emily and Anne invent Kingdom of 'Gondal'
after Charlotte leaves for Roe Head
1835 Pupil at Roe Head, but returns home after six
months
1838 Teaches for six months at Miss Patchett's School
at Law Hill near Halifax
1842 Charlotte and Emily enrol at the Pensionnat Heger
in Brussels to study French and German
1842 Returns home on death of aunt and takes on role
of housekeeper
1846 POEMS by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell
published
1847 Wuthering Heights published December 19th
1848 Emily dies from tuberculosis and is buried in
Haworth
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Anne
Bronte 1820
-1849
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1820 Born, Thornton
1839 Governess at Blake Hall, Mirfield
1840 Governess at Thorp Green Hall near York
1843 Branwell joins her there as tutor
1845 Leaves Thorp Green
1846 POEMS by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell published
1847 AGNES GREY published
1848 THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL published
1849 Anne dies of tuberculosis in Scarborough and is
buried there
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Patrick
Bronte 1777-1861
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1777 Born, Emdale, County Down
1806 Ordained as a minister in the Church of England
1809 Moves to Yorkshire where he is to live for the
rest of his life, first as curate in Dewsbury
1811 Moves to Hartshead.
1812 Marries Maria Branwell at Guiseley
1815 Becomes Rector of Thornhill
1820 Becomes Rector of Haworth
1821 Mrs Bronte dies and is buried in Haworth; Aunt
(Elizabeth) Branwell moves in with family
1842 Aunt Branwell dies
1845 Arthur Nicholls appointed curate of Haworth
1852 Mr Nicholls first proposes marriage to Charlotte
1854 Removes his objections to the marriage of Mr Nicholls
and Charlotte
1861 Dies; Mr Nicholls returns to Ireland.
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Branwell
Bronte 1817-1848
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1817 Born, Thornton
1838 Becomes a portrait painter in Bradford
1839 Returns home in debt 1840 Becomes a railway clerk
at Sowerby Bridge
1841 Moves to Luddendenfoot as clerk-in-charge
1842 Dismissed for negligence
1843 Joins Anne at Thorp Green Hall near York as a
tutor
1845 Dismissed from Thorp Green, allegedly following
a love affair with Mrs Robinson, the lady of the house
1848 Dies from consumption and is buried in Haworth
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Maria
and Elizabeth Bronte
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1814 Maria Bronte
born, Hartshead
1815
Elizabeth Bronte born, Hartshead
1824
Maria and Elizabeth go to school at Cowan Bridge February
1825 Maria becomes ill and returns home to Haworth.
May 6, 1825 Maria dies
May 31, 1825 Elizabeth, ill, returns to Haworth
June 15, 1825 Elizabeth dies
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Thanks
to the Bronte Society and the staff of the Bronte Parsonage
Museum for their help with these pages.
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