Anna Brownell Jameson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Anna Brownell Jameson

Irish-born English Writer, 1794-1860; Irish/English Writer

Date of Birth: 19-May-1794

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1860

Profession: writer, author, art historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Anna Brownell Jameson (17 May 1794 – 17 March 1860) was the first Anglo-Irish art historian.
Born in Ireland, she migrated to England at the age of four, becoming a well-known British writer and contributor to nineteenth-century thought on a range of subjects including early feminism, art history (particularly sacred art), travel, Shakespeare, poets, and German culture.
Jameson was connected to some of the most prominent names of the period including Fanny Kemble, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning and Robert Browning, Harriet Martineau, Ottilie von Goethe (the daughter-in-law of Goethe), Lady Byron, Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, and Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon.