Charlotte Brontë was born on April 21, 1816[1], in Thornton[2]. She died on March 31, 1855[3], in Haworth[4]. She worked as a poet[5], novelist[6], writer[7], governess[8], and teacher[9]. She ranks in the top 0.24% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,667 views/month, #2,368 of 1,000,298).[10]
Pseudonym: Currer Bell[44], Lord Charles Wellesley[45], Captain Tree[46]
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Things named for Charlotte Brontë include Brontë[53] and 39427 Charlottebrontë[54].
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Charlotte Brontë has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] She is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
She has been cited as an influence by Kazuo Ishiguro[57], a novelist[58], b. 1954[59], of United Kingdom[60], awarded the Costa Book Awards[61]; Philip Roth[62], a novelist[63], 1933–2018[64], of United States[65], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[66], specialised in belletristic literature[67]; and Joyce Carol Oates[68], a playwright[69], b. 1938[70], of United States[71], awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship[72], specialised in poetry[73].
Works attributed to her include Jane Eyre[74], a literary work[75]; Villette[76], a literary work[77], founded in 1853[78]; Shirley[79], a literary work[80], founded in 1849[81]; The Professor[82], a literary work[83]; and Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell[84], a literary work[85], founded in 1846[86]. Entities named for her include Brontë[53] and 39427 Charlottebrontë[54].
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Where was Charlotte Brontë born?
Charlotte Brontë's place of birth was Thornton[2].
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