Anne Bront¿ b>was born at Thornton in Bradford on 17 January 1820. Her father was curate of
Haworth Yorkshire and her mother died when she was a baby leaving five daughters and one
son. Anne was the youngest of the Bront¿hildren. In 1824 Charlotte Maria Elizabeth and Emily
were sent to Cowan Bridge a school for clergymen's daughters where Maria and Elizabeth both
caught tuberculosis and died. The children were taught at home from this point on and together
they created vivid fantasy worlds which they explored in their writing. Anne worked as a
governess between 1840 and 1845 and in 1846 along with Charlotte and Emily published Poems by
Currer Ellis and Acton Bell. After this Anne published Agnes Grey (1847) and The Tenant of
Wildfell Hall (1848) before her death on 28 May 1849.
