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She was born Elizabeth Stevenson in London in 1810. Her mother Eliza, the niece of the potter Josiah Wedgwood, died when she was a child. Much of her childhood was spent in Cheshire, where she lived with an aunt at Knutsford, a town she would later immortalise as Cranford. She also spent some time in Edinburgh. Her stepmother was a sister of the Scottish miniature artistSome links to this page should perhaps link to miniature (illuminated manuscript). A portrait miniature is a miniature portait painting, usually executed in gouache or watercolor. Portrait miniatures began to flourish in 16th-century Europe and the art wa, W. J. Thomson , who painted a famous portrait of Elizabeth in 1832Events February 12 Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands February 12 serious cholera epidemic begins in London from the East London. It is declared officially over in early May but deaths continue. At least 3000 victims March 24 In Hiram, Ohio a group of. In the same year, she married a UnitarianUnitarianism emerged out of Christianity based on a belief in the oneness of God, a rejection of the doctrine of the Trinity, and a belief in the moral authority, but not the deity, of Jesus. Unitarians can be more generally characterized through the ages minister, William Gaskell (who had a literary career of his own), and they settled in ManchesterThis article is about the city in England. For alternative meanings, see Manchester (disambiguation). Manchester is a city in North West England, which in 2002 had a population of approximately 422,302. The city is situated in the centre of the large metr. The industrial surroundings would also offer inspiration for her novels. The circles in which they moved included religious dissenters and social reformers, including WilliamWilliam Howitt ( December 18, 1792 March 3, 1879), was an English author. He was born at Heanor, Derbyshire. His parents were Quakers, and he was educated at the Friends public school at Ackworth, Yorkshire. In 1814 he published a poem on the Influence of and Mary Howitt .
The best-known of her remaining novels are Cranford ( 1853Events January 19 Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome January 21 Russell L. Hawes patents the envelope folding machine January 29 Napoleon III marries the Spanish Countess Eugenie at the Tuileries March 4 Inauguration of US president Fra), North and South ( 1855), and Wives and Daughters ( 1865). She was a friend of Charles Dickens, and wrote a biography of Charlotte Brontė.
Mrs Gaskell today ranks as one of the most highly-regarded British novelists of the Victorian era.