Charlotte Brooke
Charlotte Brooke | |
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| Born | c. 1740 Rantavan, Ireland |
| Died | 1793 (aged c. 50) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | writer |
| Notable work | 'Reliques of Irish Poetry' (1789) |
Charlotte Brooke (c. 1740 – 1793), born in Rantavan, beside Mullagh in County Cavan, Ireland, was the author of Reliques of Irish Poetry, a pioneering volume of poems collected by her in the Irish language, with facing translations. She was one of twenty-two children fathered by the writer Henry Brooke, author of Gustavus Vasa; only she (and perhaps one other sibling) survived childhood.