needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2009) Charlotte Brontë Born 21 April 1816(1816-04-21) Thornton, Yorkshire, England Died 31 March 1855(1855-03-31) (aged 38) Haworth, Yorkshire, England Pen name Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley Currer Bell Occupation governess, novelist, poet Nationality English Genres Fiction, Poetry Notable work(s) Jane Eyre, Villette Influences The Bible, Shakespeare, John Bunyan, John Milton, Robert Burns, Robert Southey, Walter Scott Influenced George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Jean Rhys, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë , Stephenie Meyer Charlotte Brontë (pronounced /ˈbrɒnti/; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters, whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell..