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Jun 20, 2010 · George Austen was born in 1731. His mother died in childbirth and his father died a year after marrying a new wife, who did not want the responsibility of taking care of the young lad. George then lived with an aunt in Tonbridge and earned a Fellowship to study at St. John’s.
George Austen (cleric) George Austen (1731 – 21 January 1805) was a cleric of the Church of England, rector of Deane and Steventon in Hampshire. He is known as the father of Jane Austen. [1]
Jane Austen's family and ancestry. Jane Austen 's parents, George (1731–1805), an Anglican rector, and his wife Cassandra (1739–1827), were members of the landed gentry. [1] George was descended from wool manufacturers who had risen to the lower ranks of the gentry, [2] [3] and Cassandra was a member of the Leigh family of Adlestrop and ...
Apr 25, 2017 · A look at James Cawthorn, George Austen and the Curious Case of the Schoolboy Who Was Killed by Martin J. Cawthorne Jane Austen’s father, George Austen has many connections to the city of Bath. On the 26th April 1764 he married, by special licence, Cassandra Leigh in St Swithin’s, Walcot. The Austen family were regu
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2 days ago · Jane Austen, pencil-and-watercolour sketch on paper by her sister, Cassandra Austen, c. 1810; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. (more) Jane Austen was born in the Hampshire village of Steventon, where her father, the Reverend George Austen, was rector.
- What did Jane Austen accomplish?English novelist Jane Austen (1775–1817) wrote about unremarkable people in unremarkable situations of everyday life, and yet she shaped such mater...
- What was Jane Austen’s family like?Jane Austen was the seventh of eight children. Her closest companion throughout her life was her elder sister, Cassandra. Their father was a schola...
- What did Jane Austen write?Jane Austen is known for six novels: Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), and Persuasion a...
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Rev. George Austen, 1731 – 1805 Jane’s father George Austen studied at St John’s College Oxford and was ordained in 1755. Tall, slim and good-looking with chestnut brown hair and bright hazel eyes, he was known as ‘the handsome Proctor’ during his time at Oxford.
