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Jean Ingelow Writer

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Mar 17, 1820
  • Died: Jul 20, 1897

Jean Ingelow (17 March 1820 - 20 July 1897), was an English poet and novelist.

Born at Boston, Lincolnshire, she was the daughter of William Ingelow, a banker. As a girl she contributed verses and tales to magazines under the pseudonym of Orris, but her first (anonymous) volume, A Rhyming Chronicle of Incidents and Feelings, did not appear until her thirtieth year. This was called charming by Tennyson, who declared he should like to know the author; they later became friends.

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.

Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.