About William Carus Wilson

William Carus Wilson was an English churchman and the founder and editor of the long-lived monthly The Children's Friend. He was the inspiration for Mr Brocklehurst, the autocratic head of Lowood School, depicted by Charlotte Brontë in her 1847 novel Jane Eyre.

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Occupation: journalist, editor, theologian, educator

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William Carus Wilson

English writer (1791-1859)

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