Ann Radcliffe
English novelist
Ann Radcliffe was an English novelist and a pioneer of Gothic fiction. Her technique of explaining apparently supernatural elements in her novels has been credited with gaining respectability for Gothic fiction in the 1790s. Wikipedia
Born: July 9, 1764, Holborn, London, United Kingdom
Died: February 7, 1823 (age 58 years), Ramsgate, United Kingdom
Spouse: William Radcliffe (m. 1787–1823)
Parents: William Ward and Ann Oates
Genre: Gothic