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'Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.'

'Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.'

'I hate publicity, and I have contrived to survive to be an old woman without it, except in the homey atmosphere of Agricultural Shows'

Born in South Kensington, London
Died in Sawrey, Cumbria
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First Post Office Pillar Box - 1852, Manchester Martyrs Hanged - 1867, Launch of the Cutty Sark - 1869, Far from the Madding Crowd Published - 1874, First Royal Command Performance - 1897, Crippen hanged - 1910, First Episode of Doctor Who - 1963, Oxford Circus Tube Fire - 1984
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