dirtnapp / is jane austen alive or dead?
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1775
- died
- 1817
- age at death
- 42
- known for
- writer, short story writer, novelist
1775 – 1817
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where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Jane Austen in 1817, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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