Question: Where did the father of Maria Brontë spend most of his adult life?
Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Patrick Brontë ( , "commonly" ; 17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861) was an Irish priest and author who spent most of his adult life in England. He was the father of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, and of Branwell Brontë, his only son. Patrick outlived his wife, the former Maria Branwell, by forty years by which time all of their children had died as well. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Maria Brontë ( , "commonly" ; 23 April 1814 – 6 May 1825) was the eldest daughter of Patrick Brontë and Maria Brontë, née Maria Branwell. [END] 
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England
England