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06/03/1806 Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning is born

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Biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Browning was born in Kelloe, Durham, England. She started with poetry around the age of 6. Her work was encouraged by her parents, which resulted in one of the largest juvenile collections among English writers. She had severe head and spinal pains and began to take opiates for it, eventually becoming dependent on them.