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Nov 18, 2019 · As the daughter of a clergyman and the sister to two more, it is no wonder that Austen voiced her opinion on the subject in her novels. From left to right: George Austen (Jane’s father), ca 1764, his eldest son James, ca 1795, and his 4th son Henry, ca 1820. All artists unknown.
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.
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Aug 1, 2012 · 19th Century Learning Academies and Boarding Schools: An Eyewitness Account. August 1, 2012 by Vic. Reverend George Austen. As many Jane Austen fans know, Rev. George Austen ran a boarding school out of his parsonage house in Steventon to augment his £230 pr year income. In1793 he began to teach the sons of local gentlemen in his home to ...
Austen met Cassandra Leigh while he was a student at Oxford. They married on 26 April 1764 and began their married life living in the rectory at Deane; in 1771 they moved to Steventon Parsonage, the birthplace of their daughter Jane. They had eight children: James Austen (1765–1819) George Austen (1766–1838) Edward Austen Knight (1767–1852)
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Aug 16, 2020 · Furthermore, in Jane Austen’s time, the Church of England offered no pensions to retired clergymen and there were no provisions for widows and orphans. Mrs and Miss Bates, wife and daughter of a former vicar of Highbury in Emma, have been left very badly off, and live in poor lodgings on very little money. They rely on the generosity of other ...
JANE AUSTEN's CLERGYMEN. by Dom Nicholas Seymour OSB. I have no doubt that many of you, whom I have the great honour of addressing this afternoon, were brought up always to tell the truth. I am going to follow that principle now. The truth is that I am so nervous that my knees are shaking as I speak. Assembled before me is a great number of ...