Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806 - 1861)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born on March 6, 1806, in Coxhoe Hall, Durham. She grew up at Hope End, Herefordshire and was privately educated  Her writing began at a very early age  At the age of 15, she suffered from chronic anxiety due to a childhood spinal injury and lung ailment for almost a decade  The Barrett family then moved to London in 1835 where her health declined  Elizabeth met Robert Browning in 1845, after he praises about her poetry wrote to her  Elizabeth secretly wrote poems about their romance  At the age of 40, she married Robert Browning which was objected by her father  The two then moved to Florence, Italy where her health became better. The couple had a son in 1849  Elizabeth continued writing poetry until she died  She died on June 29, 1861 in Florence, Italy.