Example 1777 World Events

Birth of Reverend Patric

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Reverend Patrick Brontë was born on March 17 th 1777 and died on June 7 th , 1861. He was an Irish-English priest and author who spent most of his adult life in England and was the father of the writers Charlotte ( Jane Eyre ), Emily ( Wuthering Heights ), and Anne ( The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ). He was also father to: Maria, Elizabeth, and Branwell, his only son. Patrick outlived all his children and his wife, the former Maria Branwell, by forty years. Patrick Bronte was the first of ten children born to Hugh Brunty, a farm labourer, and Alice McClory, in County Down. At one point in his adult life, Patrick formally changed the spelling of his name from Brunty to Brontë .

“He that dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose.” “ No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.”

Anne Bronte