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Christina Rossetti died in great pain and anguish of cancer on 29 December 1893 and was buried on 2 January 1894 in the family grave on the west side of Highgate Cemetery, which, notoriously had been opened in October 1869 so that Gabriel could retrieve a volume of poems he had buried with his wife.
- Christina Georgina Rossetti, 5 December 1830, London, England
- Poet
- 29 December 1894 (aged 64), London, England
- Pre-Raphaelite
Added: Apr 25, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 2753. Source citation. Author, Poet. Born in London to ex-patriate Italian Gabriele Rossetti and his wife Frances Polidori, she was the younger sister of celebrated artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Rossetti’s childhood appeared to have been a comfortable but sheltered existence.
Description: Christina Rossetti wrote the hymn 'In the Bleak Mid-Winter'. Members of the Rossetti family were involved with bringing the Brethren testimony to Italy. Michael Faraday, the Christian scientist, is also buried here. So is John Blackmore, of the London by Moonlight Mission, who I have mentioned elsewhere on this site.
Born Christina Rossetti in London, England, on December 5, 1830; died of cancer at her residence in London on December 29, 1894; buried at Highgate Cemetery; daughter of Gabriele Rossetti (an Italian refugee and later professor of Italian at King's College, London) and Lavinia Polidori Rossetti; sister of Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827–1876 ...
Christina Rossetti and most of her family were buried at Highgate, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s wife, Elizabeth Siddal, with the only copy of his poems to her. (He had her coffin opened in 1869 to retrieve them.)
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Christina became one of the Victorian age’s finest poets. She was the author of numerous books of poetry, including Goblin Market and other Poems (1862), The Prince’s Progress (1866), A Pageant (1881), and The Face of the Deep (1882). Rossetti’s poetry has never disappeared from view. Critical interest in Rossetti’s poetry swelled in ...
Christina Rossetti. Christina Georgina Rossetti is buried in Highgate Cemetery, North London, England. She was buried in the same grave as her mother and father. (The grave is situated towards the front of the cemetery.) Christina was the daughter of Gabriele Rossetti and grew up in an artistic and politically aware household.
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