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About Patrick Brontë
Patrick Brontë was an Irish Anglican clergyman and author who spent most of his adult life in England. One of ten children from a very poor family, he managed to secure a scholarship to study theology at St John's College, Cambridge, and went on to take holy orders. In 1811 he published a collection of poetry, Cottage Poems. He continued to write and publish throughout his life. In 1812 he married Maria Branwell, and they had six children, including the writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, and Branwell Brontë, their only son.
Everything about Patrick Brontë →- Occupation
- writer, poet, biographer, Anglican priest
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- March 17, 1777
- Died
- June 7, 1861