Facts about George Eliot
George Eliot died at 61 years old
Born: November 22, 1819
Died: December 22, 1880 (Natural causes)
Birthplace: Warwickshire, England
Best known as: The author of Middlemarch
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The George Eliot Fellowship
Great place to start: links to bios, texts, and related topicsThe Victorian Web: George Eliot
More good links, though several seem out of dateGeorge Eliot Biography
Nice, meaty biography; emphasis on her personal lifeGeorge Eliot by Leslie Stephen
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George Eliot Biography
Name at birth: Mary Ann (or Marian) Evans
George Eliot was the masculine pen name of the writer Mary Ann Evans, one of Victorian England’s leading novelists. Her first stories appeared in Blackwood’s magazine, and were followed by novels including The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), and Middlemarch (1862). Her work was popular with critics and the public alike, and in later years her novels were especially valued for their detailed portrayals of rural English life.