Born: 22 November 1819 · Died: 22 December 1880 · Age at death: 61
How old was George Eliot when she died?
George Eliot died aged 61. She was born on 22 November 1819 and died on 22 December 1880.
Pen name of Mary Ann Evans, the Victorian novelist of Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner
Did you know?She chose a male pseudonym to ensure her work was taken seriously and to protect her private life from public scrutiny.
Quick facts
Date of birth22 November 1819
Date of death22 December 1880
Age at death61
Cause of deathKidney disease
NationalityBritish
BirthplaceNuneaton, United Kingdom
Occupationnovelist, translator, philosopher
Editor's Take:
George Eliot was one of the greatest novelists in English. She was born Mary Ann Evans and used a male pen name to be taken seriously. She was a translator, editor and thinker before she wrote fiction. Her novels include Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss and Silas Marner. Middlemarch, a study of a whole provincial town, is often called the greatest English novel. She lived openly with the married critic George Henry Lewes.
Key Milestones
1851: Westminster Review – editor
1859: Adam Bede – first novel
1860: The Mill on the Floss – novel
1861: Silas Marner – novel
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
George Eliot's birthday is November 22. She was born on November 22, 1819 in Nuneaton, United Kingdom.
How old was George Eliot when she died?
George Eliot died on December 22, 1880, aged 61.
Who shares a birthday with George Eliot?
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