Person

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

born 1810, died 1865 (age 55)

gender: female
born in: City of London, United Kingdom
died in: Holybourne
vocations: author, publisher
education: Great Barford, United Kingdom   |  Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom  
residence: Knutsford, United Kingdom   |  Chelsea, United Kingdom   |  Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom   |  Manchester, United Kingdom  
travel: Belgium   |  Germany   |  Paris, France   |  Paris, France   |  Paris, France   |  Paris, France   |  Brussels, Belgium   |  Rome, Italy   |  Heidelberg, Germany   |  France   |  Italy   |  Dieppe, France   |  Normandy, France   |  Brittany, France   |  Switzerland  

author of the following texts (6):
Cranford   (Published in: 1853, 1853, 1891)
Cranford   (Published in: 1856)
Cranford   (Published in: 1856)
Cranford   (Published in: 1897)
Cranford   (Published in: 1854)
Cranford. Regény.   (Published in: 1884)

publications (8):
Cranford   (Published in: 1853 )
Cranford   (Published in: 1853 )
Cranford   (Published in: 1854 )
Cranford   (Published in: 1856 )
Cranford   (Published in: 1856 )
Cranford. Regény.   (Published in: 1884 )
Cranford   (Published in: 1891 )
Cranford   (Published in: 1897 )

manager at the following publishers:
Chapman and Hall   (founded in: 1830 closure in: 1938)
Harper & Brothers   (founded in: 1833 closure in: 1962)
Tauchnitz  

text settings:
Fictional village named Cranford based on the Cheshire village Knutsford. Other places include the fictional big city adjacent to Cranford, Drumble, based on Manchester.

publication locations:
Amsterdam
Budapest
Copenhagen
London
New York City
Paris
Prague
Vienna

Relations to other persons:
illustrator:
Hugh Thomson   (1860 - 1920)
editor:
Charles Dickens  

Periodicals:
contributor:
Household Words   (founded in: 1850 closure in: 1859)