Jane Austen


Portrait of Jane Austen (c. 1810) by Cassandra Austen

Born: 16 December 1775 at Steventon rectory in Hampshire and publicly christened on 5 April 1776

Died: 18 July 1817 (aged 41) Winchester, Hampshire, England

Resting Place: Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England

Father: George Austen (1731–1805), reverend

Mother: Cassandra (1739–1827)

Siblings: six brothers — James (1765–1819), George (1766–1838), Edward (1768–1852), Henry Thomas (1771–1850), Francis William (Frank) (1774–1865), Charles John (1779–1852) — and one sister, Cassandra Elizabeth (Steventon, Hampshire, 9 January 1773 – 1845

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