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- Birth nameElizabeth Barrett
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born on March 6, 1806 in Durham, Co. Durham, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Aurora Leigh (1915), The Cry of the Children (1912) and Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993). She was married to Robert Browning. She died on June 29, 1861 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
- SpouseRobert Browning(1846 - June 29, 1861) (her death, 1 child)
- Her father forbade Elizabeth and her siblings from marrying. She and all of her siblings who married were disinherited.
- She supported the abolition of slavery.
- Her father's sister Sarah is the subject of the painting "Pinkie" in the Huntington Museum.
- Her father emigrated to England from Jamaica.
- She was the oldest of twelve children.
- [on love] What I do and what I dream include these, as the wine must taste of its own grapes.
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