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Christina Rossetti was born in 38 Charlotte Street (now 110 Hallam Street), London, to Gabriele Rossetti, a poet and a political exile from Vasto, Abruzzo, Italy, since 1824, and Frances Polidori, the sister of Lord Byron's friend and physician John William Polidori.
- Christina Georgina Rossetti, 5 December 1830, London, England
- Poet
- 29 December 1894 (aged 64), London, England
- Pre-Raphaelite
Poet Christina Rossetti was born in 1830, the youngest child in an extraordinarily gifted family. Her father, the Italian poet and political exile Gabriele Rossetti, immigrated to England in 1824 and established a career as a Dante scholar and teacher of Italian in London.
Apr 4, 2024 · Christina Rossetti was one of the most important of English women poets both in range and quality. She excelled in works of fantasy, in poems for children, and in religious poetry. Christina was the youngest child of Gabriele Rossetti and was the sister of the painter-poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
- John Bryson
Quick Facts. British Celebrities Born In December. Also Known As: Christina Georgina Rossetti. Died At Age: 64. Family: father: Gabriele Rossetti. mother: Frances Polidori. siblings: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Maria Francesca Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti. Born Country: England. Poets British Women. Died on: December 29, 1894.
Apr 13, 2023 · Meet the Rossettis: Christina, her brother Dante Gabriel, and his wife Elizabeth. Their art and poetry stunned Victorian Britain, but is their greatest legacy to be found mostly in their...
Sep 16, 2023 · Christina’s father, Gabriele Rossetti, a Neapolitan nobleman and political exile, befriended Gaetano and courted his eldest daughter, Frances. Her “passion for intellect” persuaded her to marry Gabriele rather than a much better-situated but less interesting Scottish colonel.
Christina Georgina Rossetti was born on December 5, 1830, in London, one of four children of Italian parents. Her father was the poet Gabriele Rossetti; her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti also became a poet and a painter.
