Maria Edgeworth

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Maria Edgeworth

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Birthplace: Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, England
Death: May 22, 1849 (81)
Longford, Longford, Ireland
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, I and Anna Maria Edgeworth
Mother of Emma Patterson Morgan
Sister of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, II; Emmeline King and Anna Maria Beddoes
Half sister of Frances Maria Addis (Edgeworth); Harriet Butler; Sophia Fox; Lucy Jane Robinson; Francis Beaufort Edgeworth and 12 others

Occupation: Novelist
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About Maria Edgeworth

AUTHORESS Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. (born Jan. 1, 1767, Blackbourton, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died May 22, 1849, Edgeworthstown, Ire.), Anglo-Irish writer, known for her children’s stories and for her novels of Irish life.

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Maria Edgeworth's Timeline

1768
January 1, 1768
Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, England
1849
May 22, 1849
Age 81
Longford, Longford, Ireland
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