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Patrick Brontë (/ ˈ b r ɒ n t i /, commonly /-t eɪ /; born Patrick Brunty; 17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861) was an Irish Anglican minister and author who spent most of his adult life in England. He was the father of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, and of Branwell Brontë, his only son.
Learn about the life and achievements of Patrick Brontë, the eldest brother of the famous Brontë sisters. Find out how he became a clergyman, a teacher, a writer and a pioneer of education in Ireland and England.
Dec 22, 2016 · Patrick Brontë was born in County Down in 1777. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1806 and met and married middle class Maria Branwell six years later (“my saucy Pat” she calls him in ...
Members of the Brontë family Patrick Brontë Portrait of Patrick Brontë around 1860. Patrick Brontë (17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861), the Brontë sisters' father, was born in Loughbrickland, County Down, Ireland, of a family of farm workers of moderate means. His birth name was Patrick Prunty or Brunty.
May 21, 2017 · Patrick Brontë – Poet, Novelist and Influence. Every writer of talent is inspired, to a greater or lesser degree, by the literature they read during their formative years. In her childhood, Anne Brontë would be thrilled by the Tales of The Arabian Nights, and later by books such as Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress.
Nov 30, 2023 · Patrick Bronte was born at Emdale, Drumballyroney, County Down, Ireland, the eldest of 10 children. Initially he was apprenticed to a blacksmith but his aptitude towards education which was mostly self taught, allowed him to pursue a university education.
Brontë, Patrick (1777–1861), Church of England clergyman and writer, was born 17 March 1777, in Emdale, Drumballyroney, Co. Down, the eldest of the ten children of Hugh Prunty , or Brunty, a protestant farm labourer, and Eleanor or Alice (née McClory), born a catholic. He is known primarily as the father of the poets and novelists Charlotte ...
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