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Ann Radcliffe
English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764–1823)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 9 July 1764
- Died
- 7 February 1823
- Place of birth
- Holborn
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- female
- Given name
- Ann
- Father
- William Ward
- Mother
- Ann Oates
- Spouse
- William Radcliffe
- Field of work
- literary activity, Gothic novel
- birth name
- Ann Ward
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- date of baptism
- 5 August 1764
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed., Women Writers in Review, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Library of the World's Best Literature, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- asthma
- name in native language
- Ann Radcliffe
- place of burial
- St George's, Hanover Square
- start of work period
- 1789
- writing language
- English
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
- The Mysteries of Udolpho
- The Italian
- A Sicilian Romance
- The Romance of the Forest
- The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
- Gaston de Blondeville
- L’Italien
- A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794
- The Romance of the Forest
- The Romance of the Forest
- The Italian; or, the confessional of the black penitents. A romance
- The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne. A highland story
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