Charlotte Bronte

An English novelist and poet, Charlotte Bronte was born in the village of Thornton, in West Yorkshire, England, on 21 April 1816. She was the third of six
children in a family that was passionate about poetry and literature. In 1824, Charlotte was sent to study at Clergy Daughters’ School in Cowan Bridge. She highlighted the harsh and unhygienic conditions at the school in her novel Jane Eyre (1847). Charlotte and her siblings were fond of reading, an interest that soon transitioned into writing as well. This included poetry and stories revolving around a set of toy soldiers gifted to the girls’ brother, Patrick Branwell. In 1854, Charlotte married Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father’s cleric. She became pregnant soon after, but died due to related complications on 31 March 1855.