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Jane Austen From Annie Born 16 December 1775 Steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England Died 18 July 1817 (aged 41) Winchester, Hampshire, England Resting place Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England Period 1787 to 1809-1811 Genres Romance Signature A watercolour and pencil sketch of Austen, believed to have been drawn from life by her sister Cassandra Family Early life and education Adulthood Illness and death List of work Early novels Austens parents, George Austen (1731–1805), and his wife Cassandra (1739–1827), were members of substantial gentry families. George was descended from a family of woollen manufacturers, which had risen through the professions to the lower ranks of the landed gentry.[12] Cassandra was a member of the prominent Leigh family. From 1765 until 1801, that is, for much of Janes life, George Austen served as the rector of the Anglican parishes at Steventon, Hampshire,[14] and a nearby village. From 1773 until 1796, he supplemented this income by farming and by teaching three or four boys at a time who boarded at his home. George Austen Cassandra Austen James1765-1819 George1766-1838 Edward1779-1852 Henry Thomas1771-1850 Francis Wiliam1774-1865 Charles John1779-1852 Cassandra Elizebeth1773-1845 Jane1775-1817 Cassandra was Austens closest friend and confidante throughout her life a banker and,after his bank failed, an Anglican clergyman. literary agent, he provided Austen with a view of social worlds not normally visible from a small parish in rural Hampshire. sent to live with a local family at a young age , as Austen biographer Le Faye describes it, mentally abnormal and subject to fits. He may also have been deaf and mute. served in the navy, both rising to the rank of admiral. adopted Early life and education born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon rectory and publicly christened on 5 April 1776. In 1783,sent to Oxford to be educated By December 1786, but returned home because the Austens could not afford to send both