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Anne Bronte
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Born in Thornton, West Yorkshire
Born on 17th of January 1820
Died in Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Died on 28th of May 1849

1820 - 1849. Author


Along with sisters educated in the Clergy Daughters’ School at Cowan Bridge. Worked as a governess. Shared in writing of poems. Wrote two novels Agnes Grey (1845) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1948).

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