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Charlotte Brontë

Also known as Tree, Florian Wellesley, Lord Charles Albert, Captain Tree, Charles Wellesley, Charlotte Bronte, Currer Bell, Karlotta Bronte

British novelist and poet (1816-1855)

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Charlotte Brontë was a British novelist and poet who lived from 1816 to 1855 and is remembered as an important figure in English literature. She is best known for her novel *Jane Eyre*, which remains widely read and studied today.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Charlotte
Gender: female
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Thornton
Place of death: Haworth
Spouse: Arthur Bell Nicholls
Father: Patrick Brontë
Mother: Maria Branwell
Sibling: Branwell Brontë
Occupation: teacher
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Anglicanism
Notable work: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
Family: Brontë family
Field of work: Gothic novel
Genre: Victorian literature
Image: CBRichmond.png
Work location: Yorkshire
Residence: Brussels

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manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: Charlotte Brontë
topic's main category: Category:Charlotte Brontë
Commons category: Charlotte Brontë
cause of death: tuberculosis
date of birth: 1816-01-01
date of death: 1855-01-01
pseudonym: Captain Tree
Commons Creator page: Charlotte Brontë
name in native language: Charlotte Brontë
ethnic group: English people
writing language: English language
start of work period: 1846-00-00
significant person: George Henry Lewes
P8168: Mareil-le-Guyon
P12749: Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
archives at: New York Public Library Main Branch

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Works in European collections

15 objects attributed to Charlotte Brontë, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Jane Eyre

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Encyclopedic overview

Charlotte Nicholls (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë (/ˈʃɑːrlət ˈbrɒnti/, commonly /-teɪ/), was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which was first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell. Jane Eyre was a great success on publication, and has since been acknowledged as a classic of English literature.

Charlotte was the third of six siblings born to Maria Branwell and Patrick Brontë. Maria died when Charlotte was only five years old, and three years later, Charlotte was sent to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire, along with her three sisters, Maria, Elizabeth and Emily. Conditions at the school were appalling, with frequent outbreaks of disease. Charlotte's two elder sisters fell ill there and died shortly afterwards; Charlotte attributed her own lifelong ill-health to her time at Cowan Bridge, and later used it as the model for Lowood School in Jane Eyre.

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