Jane Austen
16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817
English novelist whose keenly observed works, including Pride and Prejudice and Emma, are cornerstones of English literature.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Jane Austen.
- Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) Overlapped 42 years →
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) Overlapped 42 years →
- André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836) Overlapped 42 years →
- Caroline Herschel (1750–1848) Overlapped 42 years →
- Daniel Boone (1734–1820) Overlapped 42 years →
- Edward Jenner (1749–1823) Overlapped 42 years →
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Moved to the cottage at Chawton
July 1809
The settled home where she revised and completed her major novels.
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Published Emma
December 1815
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Death
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