Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was born in Thornton, Bradford in Yorkshire, the third of six children. Her mother died in 1821. In 1824, she was enrolled at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge. There, she and her sisters Maria, Elizabeth, and Emily, were mistreated and malnourished. They were taken out of the school the following year, but the damage had been done and Maria and Elizabeth died of consumption. In 1829, Ms. Brontë began to write such stories as… (more)