What is Elizabeth Barrett Browning?
[[File:Elizabeth Barrett Browning.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth Barrett Browning]] '''Elizabeth Barrett Browning''', born on 6 March 1806, was an English [[poet]] of the Victorian era.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Poets|first=Academy of American|title=About Elizabeth Barrett Browning {{!}} Academy of American Poets|url=https://poets.org/poet/elizabeth-barrett-browning|access-date=2020-11-22|website=poets.org}}</ref> She began writing poetry at the age of six. She was born in Kelloe, [[County Durham]]. Her parents were Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett and Mary Graham Clarke. Her first adult collection of poems was published in 1838 and she wrote prolifically between 1841 and 1844.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=2014-03-06|title=Elizabeth Barrett Browning's five best poems|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/mar/06/elizabeth-browning-five-best-poems|access-date=2020-11-22|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Elizabeth's volume Poems of [[Sonnet]]s (1844) brought her great success, attracting the admiration of the writer [[Robert Browning]], which led to their marriage. She also made efforts to [[abolitionism|abolish slavery]] and [[child labour]]. She died on 29 June 1861 in Florence, [[Italy]] (where she was living with her husband) at the age of 55. She suffered from many illnesses from the age of 15. == References == {{Reflist}}{{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Browning, Elizabeth Barrett}} [[Category:1806 births]] [[Category:1861 deaths]] [[Category:English poets]] [[Category:People from County Durham]]