Calendar of Principal Events in Mrs. Gaskell’s Life

1810.Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson, born at 12 Lindsey Row, Chelsea, September 29th.
1811.Removed to 3 Beaufort Row, Chelsea, June, 1811.
Mother died, October, 1811, at 3 Beaufort Row.
1812.Elizabeth taken to Knutsford when fourteen months old.
1824.Sent to school at Stratford-on-Avon.
1827.Her only brother, John Stevenson, disappeared at Calcutta.
1829.Father died at 3 Beaufort Row, Chelsea.
Visited her relatives at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
1830.Visited Edinburgh.
1831.Marble bust sculptured by Dunbar.
1832.Married the Rev. William Gaskell, M.A., August 30th.
1832-42.Resided at 14 Dover Street, Manchester.
1837.Mrs. Lumb died at Knutsford, May 1st.
1842-49.Resided at 121 Upper Rumford Street, Manchester.
1844.Only son died at Festiniog, September, 1844.
1849-65.Resided at 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester.
1848.First novel, Mary Barton, published.
First met Charles Dickens.
1850.Mr. Gaskell’s mother, Margaret Gaskell, died in January.
1850.First met Charlotte Brontë, August, 1850.
Published The Moorland Cottage.
1853.Second novel, Ruth, published.
Cranford published.
1854.Visited Paris and met Madame Mohl.
1855.North and South published.
Lizzie Leigh and Other Tales published.
1857.Life of Charlotte Brontë published.
Edited Mabel Vaughan and wrote preface.
1859.Round the Sofa Stories published.
My Lady Ludlow and Other Tales published.
1862.Preface to Garibaldi at Cabrera by Colonel Vecchj.
Inaugurated Sewing schools for poor in Manchester.
1863.Sylvia’s Lovers published.
Mrs. Gaskell’s daughter, Florence Elizabeth, married to Mr. Charles Compton, Q.C., on September 8th.
Visited Rome and stayed with W. W. Story.
1865.Cousin Phillis published.
Wives and Daughters published in “Cornhill Magazine.”
Mrs. Gaskell died at Holybourne, Hants, November 12th.
Buried, November 16th, in the Unitarian Chapel Burial Ground, Knutsford.

I

[I. POETRY]

[II. ARTICLES AND SKETCHES]

Poetry was not Mrs. Gaskell’s forte, but her poetical instinct revealed itself especially in her prose idylls—Cranford and Cousin Phillis.

Almost all her articles and sketches were written for Household Words and All the Year Round, though Mrs. Gaskell’s fame rests on her novels. Charles Dickens eagerly secured Mrs. Gaskell as a regular contributor to his magazine, and her versatility was shown by the many different subjects which she discussed with so much ability.