Full Name: Jane Austen
Nickname: Didn't have a Nickname

Father: George Austen (rector, 1731-1805)
Mother: Cassandra Leigh (1739 - 1827)
Boyfriend: Harris Bigg-Wither (broken engagement)
Marital Status: Unmarried

Date of Birth: 16 December 1775
Birth Place: Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England
Date of Death: 18 July 1817 (aged 41)
Death Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
Cause of Death: Addison's disease

Remains: Buried, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Gender: Female
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Race or Ethnicity: White
Education: Educated by Mrs Ann Cawley and self-education
Occupation: Novelist
Genres: Romantic fiction
Nationality: England

Influenced: Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Eliot, Henry James.

Major Writings: Sense and Sensibility (1811, novel); Pride and Prejudice (1813, novel); Mansfield Park (1814, novel); Emma (1816, novel); Northanger Abbey (1818, novel, posthumous); Persuasion (1818, novel, posthumous).

Early Life & Childhood: Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 in Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England. After a few months of her birth, Austen's mother placed her with Elizabeth Littlewood who nursed and raised her for 12 or 18 months. In 1783, Austen along with her sister Cassandra was sent to Oxford to be educated by Mrs Ann Cawley. In 1784, they went with her to Southampton. In later 1786, Austen and Cassandra returned home by their parent's wish. In 1787, Austen began to write poems, stories and plays. In 1793, she began to write a short play named Sir Charles Grandison but then abandoned it. From 1793 to 1795, she wrote a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan.

Personal Life: Jane Austen's father George Austen (1731-1805) was a rector of the Anglican parishes at Steventon, Hampshire and her mother Cassandra Leigh (1739 - 1827) was a member of the prominent Leigh family. She had six brothers and one sister. Jane Austen never married though several men came into her life including Thomas Lefroy, Samuel Blackall and Harris Bigg-Wither.

Later Life & Death: In 1801, the Jane Austen family moved to Bath, Somerset. In 1805, she lost her father. After her father's death, she moved to Southampton with her sister and mother. In 1809, Austen moved again to Chawton, Hampshire and began writing. In her 30s, she began to publish her works anonymously. During this time, Austen published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815). In 1841, began to feel unwell. She suffered from Addison's disease. she died on 18 July 1817 at the age of 41. Jane Austen was buried at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.