Patrick Branwell Brontë (26 June 1817–24 September 1848) is the only boy born into the Brontë family, and the brother of the novelists Charlotte, Emily and Anne. June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Charlotte Brontë - idealized portrait, 1873 (based on a drawing by George Richmond, 1850) Charlotte Brontë ( April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English writer. ... Portrait by her brother Emily Brontë ( July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British novelist and poet, best remembered for her one novel Wuthering Heights, an acknowledged classic of English literature. ... Anne Brontë (January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849) was a British author, one of a trio of famous Brontë sisters who wrote acclaimed Victorian romantic novels of manners and society. ...

Youth

Branwell Brontë was the fourth child and only son of Patrick Brontë and his wife Maria. He was born in Thornton and moved with his family to Haworth when his father was appointed to the perpetual curacy. Thornton village lies to the west of Bradford, into which it was incorporated around 1899, but was mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th Century, when it had been laid waste by William the Conquerors harrying of the north, punishment for an uprising against the Norman invaders of... For alternate meanings see Haworth (disambiguation) Haworth is a small village and tourist attraction, in the English county of West Yorkshire, and is best known for its association with the Brontë sisters. ...

Of the four Brontë siblings who survived into adulthood, Branwell Brontë seems to have been regarded within the family as the most talented of the four children, at least during his childhood and youth. While his four of his five sisters were sent to Cowan Bridge boarding school (resulting in the death of his two oldest sisters, Maria and Elizabeth), Brontë was kept at home to be privately educated by his father, who gave him a classical education suitable for admission to Oxford or Cambridge. This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the regional centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ...

Brontë collaborated as a writer with his sisters in childhood and adolescence, creating fictional worlds. His surviving juvenilia shows that he collaborated most closely with Charlotte on their imaginary world Angria.

Adulthood

As a young man, Brontë was trained as a portrait painter in Haworth, and worked as a portrait painter in Bradford in 1838 and 1839. His most famous portrait is of his three sisters (he seems to have painted himself out). This article discusses the city Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1840, Brontë became a tutor to a family of young boys in Broughton-In-Furness but was dismissed within six months. During this time he did a translation of Horace that he showed to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who seems to have thought very highly of it. He was then employed on the Luddenden Foot railway station in 1841 but was dismissed in 1842 due to a deficit in the accounts attributed to incompetance rather than theft. During his period of employment both as a tutor and on the railways he harboured literary ambitions and published poetry under various pseudonyms in the Yorkshire press. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other people named Horace, see Horace (disambiguation). ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, 1795 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher and, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England and as one of the Lake Poets. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1843 Brontë took up another tutoring position in Thorp Green, appointed as the tutor to the Robinson family's young son. He gained this position through his sister Anne, who was the governess to the Robinson's two older daughters. During this time he corresponded with a number of old friends about his increasing infatuation with Mrs Robinson. He was dismissed on unspecified charges in 1845: it is thought, due to his account to his own family; the Robinson family's silence on the reason for his dismissal; and subsequent gifts of money from Mrs Robinson through her servants, that he had an affair with Mrs Robinson and that the affair had been discovered by her husband. 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This redirect page has been listed on Redirects for deletion. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... An affair is a euphemism for a situation where two people are involved in an illicit sexual, romantic and/or passionate attachment, usually for a limited duration. ...

Brontë returned home to his family at the Haworth rectory. He was devastated by Mrs Robinson's abandonment and the increasing unlikelihood of a reunion and turned to alcohol. He became an alcoholic and was thought to be addicted to opium. His behaviour became irrational and dangerous as he developed delirium tremens. Charlotte's letters from this time demonstrate that she was angered by his behaviour, but that her father was patient with his broken son. Although it was at this time that his sisters' first novels were being accepted for publication, it is not known whether he was even informed. Alcoholism is an addictive dependency on alcohol characterized by craving (a strong need to drink); loss of control (being unable to stop); physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms; and tolerance (increasing difficulty of becoming drunk). ... Addictive redirects here. ... Opium is a narcotic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy . ... Delirium tremens (colloquially, the DTs) is a condition almost invariably associated with complete alcohol withdrawal in an individual with a reported history of long-term alcohol consumption. ...

Brontë's severe addictions masked the onset of tuberculosis, and his family did not realise that he was seriously ill until he collapsed outside the house and a local doctor identified him as being in the disease's terminal stages. He died shortly after: Emily and Anne both died of the disease within the year. Tuberculous lungs show up on an X-ray image Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ...

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