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19th-century British letter writers

  • Charles DickensOn the 12th of May 1824, twelve-year-old Charles Dickens boarded a small boat to visit his father inside the Marshalsea debtors' prison in Southwark.
  • Queen VictoriaAt 4:15 am on Monday, the 24th of May 1819, a baby named Alexandrina Victoria was born inside Kensington Palace. Her father was Prince Edward, Duke of Kent…
  • Virginia WoolfAdeline Virginia Woolf entered the world on the 25th of January 1882 within a grand house in South Kensington, London. Her father was Sir Leslie Stephen, a…
  • Florence NightingaleOn the 12th of May 1837, Florence Nightingale stood in the garden at Embley Park. She felt a sudden and overwhelming conviction that God had called her to…