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Branwell Brontë

1817 - 1848

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Patrick Branwell Brontë (, commonly ; 26 June 1817 – 24 September 1848) was an English painter and writer. He was the only son of the Brontë family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Brontë was rigorously tutored at home by his father, and earned praise for his poetry and translations from the classics. However, he drifted between jobs, supporting himself by portrait-painting, and gave way to drug and alcohol addiction, apparently worsened by a failed relationship with a married woman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Branwell Brontë is the 2,733rd most popular writer (down from 1,688th in 2019), the 2,269th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,292nd in 2019) and the 252nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Branwell Brontë ranks 2,733 out of 7,302. Before him are Franz Overbeck, Pierre Gringore, Tadeusz Różewicz, Osman Aqçoqraqlı, Pauline von Metternich, and José Giovanni. After him are Philippe de Mornay, Isidora Sekulić, George Herbert, Sholem Asch, Giraut de Bornelh, and Arnošt Muka.

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Among people born in 1817, Branwell Brontë ranks 42. Before him are Alfred Józef Potocki, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Nikolay Kostomarov, Bernhard Windscheid, Nikoloz Baratashvili, and Táhirih. After him are George Frederic Watts, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Wilhelm Griesinger, Georg Herwegh, Heinrich Graetz, and Joseph Poelaert. Among people deceased in 1848, Branwell Brontë ranks 36. Before him are Robert Darwin, Joseph Görres, Christen Købke, Jean-Baptiste Debret, Duchess Amelia of Württemberg, and Keisai Eisen. After him are Mastoureh Ardalan, Pierre Wantzel, Takizawa Bakin, Gabriel Bibron, Ludwig Leichhardt, and Robert Blum.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Branwell Brontë ranks 2,269 out of 8,785. Before him are Patrick O'Brian (1914), Stephen Morris (1957), Wilfred Owen (1893), Erskine Childers (1870), Norman Lamont (1942), and Nell Gwyn (1650). After him are Dixie Dean (1907), George Herbert (1593), Arthur Percival (1887), David Knopfler (1952), Robert Liston (1794), and Jim Lea (1949).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Branwell Brontë ranks 252. Before him are Thomas Percy (1729), John Wyndham (1903), David Ogilvy (1911), Anna Sewell (1820), Patrick O'Brian (1914), and Wilfred Owen (1893). After him are George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), Leonard Woolf (1880), Thomas Otway (1652), and Taliesin (518).

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