Harriet Martineau

English writer and sociologist (1802–1876).

Born June 12th, 1802 in Norwich.

Died June 27th, 1876 at 74 years old in Ambleside.

Occupations
abolitionist, economist, essayist, feminist, geographer, historian, journalist, linguist, novelist, philosopher, sociologist, suffragist, translator, women's rights activist, writer
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel