Patrick Brontë

Patrick Brontë
Brontë circa 1860
Born
Patrick Brunty

(1777-03-17)17 March 1777
Imdel, near Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland
Died7 June 1861(1861-06-07) (aged 84)
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)Teacher, clergyman
Spouse
(m. 1812; died 1821)
Children

Patrick Brontë (/ˈbrɒnti/, commonly /-t/; born Patrick Brunty; 17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861) was an Irish Anglican minister 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 Branwell Brontë, his only son. Patrick outlived his wife, the former Maria Branwell, by forty years, by which time all of their six children had also died.