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Henry Thomas Austen (8 June 1771 – 12 March 1850) was a British militia officer, clergyman, banker and the brother of the novelist Jane Austen. He died in 1850 and was buried in Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells.
6 de oct. de 2009 · Henry Thomas Austen was Jane’s favorite brother and the most instrumental influence upon furthering her writing career. Literature owes a debt of gratitude to him far greater than can be every repaid.
16 de jul. de 2011 · Henry Thomas (1771-1850) Henry era el hermano favorito de Jane Austen y el hermano más como ella en looks y temperamento. Era ingenioso y entusiasta en lo que hizo; El optimista eterno, aunque el éxito no siempre lo encontró.
Henry Thomas Austen, the fourth son of George and Cassandra, was born in Steventon in June, 1771. In a letter written shortly after Jane's birth four years later, George Austen accurately predicted the closeness that was to develop between Jane and Henry: "She is to be Jenny, and seems to me as if she would be as like Henry, as Cassy is to Neddy."
Henry Austen, working on a burgeoning banking career on his own with help from his brother’s investing, doubled as Jane’s literary agent and approached London publisher Thomas Egerton with the manuscript for Sense & Sensibility. Egerton agreed to publish the piece and fulfilled his end of the deal.
James (matriculated 1779, BA 1783, MA 1788) and Henry (matriculated 1788, BA 1792, MA 1796) were both educated at St John's College, Oxford, as their father had been. Together they edited a literary magazine, The Loiterer .
6 de oct. de 2009 · Henry-Thomas Austen's birth. On June 8, 1771, Henry-Thomas Austen was born to Cassandra and George Austen at Steventon in Hampshire County. Henry-Thomas was close to Jane Austen and encouraged her to continue in her joy of writing which drew her to becoming an author.
