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The Brontės Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontė were all born in Thornton, England in the early 1880s. Their father Patrick Brontė was born in Ireland, educated in England, and became an Anglican clergyman. He and his wife Maria Branwell, the daughter of a Cornish parson had six children: Maria (born in 1813), Elizabeth (born in 1815), Charlotte (born in 1816), Patrick Branwell (born 1817), Emily Jane (born 1818) and Anne (born 1820). Shortly after Annes birth, their father Patrick accepted a position in Haworth, in the Yorkshire moors. After the death of Maria Branwell in September 1821, her sister Miss Elizabeth Branwell left her home in Penzance to live in Haworth, to care for the children. They lived a solitary life; the Brontė children were discouraged from mixing with the local Haworth children, and Patrick Brontė esteemed his own privacy. In 1824, Maria and Elizabeth were sent to Clergy Daughters School at Cowan Bridge, along with Charlotte and Emily Jane. The conditions here were considered harsh: the discipline was severe; the food inadequate and often stale and the teaching strict. Charlotte and Emily hated it, and later, Charlotte modeled Lowood School (Jane Eyre) after it. Maria Brontė, who was particularly delicate, fell ill and was brought home. She died of tuberculosis within three months, in February, at the age of eleven. A few weeks after Marias death, Elizabeth also became sick, and was brought home. She died two weeks after returning to Haworth, and Emily and Charlotte were taken from Cowan Bridge School before they too became ill. Charlotte, being the oldest, at nine, now began to care for the other children.
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