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Brontë family The Brontës () were a nineteenth-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–184 ...

, an English literary family that included: **

Anne Brontë Anne Brontë (, commonly ; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. Anne Brontë was the daughter of Maria (born Branwell) and Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish cl ...

(1820-1849), novelist and poet **

Branwell Brontë Patrick Branwell Brontë (, commonly ; 26 June 1817 – 24 September 1848) was an English painter and writer. He was the only son of the Brontë family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Brontë was rigorously tutored at ...

(1817-1848), painter and poet **

Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. She enlisted i ...

(1816-1855), novelist and poet ** Emily Brontë (1818-1848), novelist and poet ** Maria Brontë (1814-1825) **

Patrick Brontë Patrick Brontë (, commonly ; born Patrick Brunty; 17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861) was an Irish Anglican priest and author who spent most of his adult life in England. He was the father of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, and of ...

(1777-1861), curate and writer ;First name * Bronte Barratt (b. 1989), Australian swimmer * Bronte Campbell (b. 1994), Australian swimmer * Bronte Dooley (1867-1913), Australian politician * Bronte Law (b. 1995), English golfer ;Title * The Dukes of Bronte: ** ''1st Duke of Bronte'', naval commander, better known as

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought abo ...

** ''2nd Duke of Bronte'', clergyman, better known as

William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte (20 April 1757 – 28 February 1835), was an Anglican clergyman and an older brother of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. Life Born in Burnham Thorpe, he was a son of the Reverend Edm ...

** ''3rd Duchess of Bronte'', better known as Charlotte Hood, Baroness Bridport ** ''4th Duke of Bronte'', general, better known as Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport ** ''5th Duke of Bronte'', courtier, better known as Sir Alexander Hood ** ''6th Duke of Bronte'', naval commander and politician, better known as Rowland Hood, 3rd Viscount Bridport ** ''7th Duke of Bronte'', investment banker, better known as Alexander Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport

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Bronte, New South Wales Bronte is a beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bronte Beach is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the Waverley Council local government area of the Eastern Suburbs. Bronte ...

, a suburb in the Municipality of Waverley * Bronte Park, Tasmania, a locality in Central Highlands local government area ;Canada * Bronte, Ontario, a locality in the Regional Municipality of Halton *

Bronte Creek Bronte Creek is a waterway in the Lake Ontario watershed of Ontario Canada. It runs through Hamilton and Halton Region, with its source near Morriston (south of the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 401), passing Bronte Creek Provincial Park, o ...

, a waterway in the Regional Municipality of Halton and City of Hamilton, Ontario * Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a park in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario * Bronte GO Station, a transit station in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario ;England *

Brontë Country Brontë Country is a name given to an area of south Pennine hills west of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The name comes from the Brontë sisters, who wrote such literary classics as ''Jane Eyre'' (Charlotte Brontë), ''Wuthering Heights ...

, an area mainly in the Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire *

Brontë Parsonage Museum The Brontë Parsonage Museum is a writer's house museum maintained by the Brontë Society in honour of the Brontë sisters – Charlotte, Emily and Anne. The museum is in the former Brontë family home, the parsonage in Haworth, West Yorks ...

, a museum in the Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire * Brontë Waterfall, a waterfall in the Metropolitan County of West Yorkshire ;Italy * Bronte, Sicily, a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Catania ;New Zealand * Bronte, New Zealand, a locality in Nelson Province, New Zealand ;United States *

Bronte, Texas Bronte ( ) is a town in Coke County, Texas, United States. The population was 999 at the 2010 census. Texas State Senator Grady Hazlewood, who served from the Amarillo-based District 31 from 1941 to 1971, was born in 1902 in Coke County, near B ...

, a town in Coke County

Other uses

* ''Brontë'' (play), a play by Polly Teale * Brontë (lunar crater), a crater visited by Apollo 17 astronauts * Brontë (Mercurian crater), a crater on Mercury * Bronte (mythology), a goddess of thunder and the sister of Astrape

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