Jane Porter
Jane Porter was born in Durham, England, United Kingdom on January 17th, 1776 and is the Novelist. At the age of 74, Jane Porter biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jane Porter (17 January 1776 – 24 May 1850) was an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure.
Her work The Scottish Chiefs is seen as one of the earliest historical novels and remains popular among children in Scotland.
Life
Jane Porter was born in Durham, England, the third of five children of the Irishman William Porter and Jane (née Blenkinsop) of Durham. Tall and beautiful as she grew up, young Jane Porter's grave air earned her the nickname Il Penseroso, after John Milton's poem. After her father's death, Jane's family moved to Edinburgh, where she studied at a charity school under the schoolmaster George Fulton. Her family was acquainted with Sir Walter Scott. After stints in Durham and Ireland, the Porter family moved to London in the 1790s, where the sisters entered a circle of famous and future-famous actors, artists, and literary women, including Elizabeth Inchbald, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Hannah More, Elizabeth Hamilton, Selina Davenport, Elizabeth Benger and Mrs Champion de Crespigny.
Porter's siblings also achieved some fame. Her sister Anna Maria Porter was likewise a novelist. Her brother Sir Robert Ker Porter became a noted painter.
She died in Bristol at the age of 74.