EBB's Place of Death
EBB died in Florence, Italy on 29 June 1861 when she was fifty-five. Her husband, poet Robert Browning, said that she died in his arms with "a smile on her face." Her grave is at The English Protestant Cemetery in Florence.
EBB's Home
EBB lived at 50 Wimpole St. in London from 1838 -1846, meaning that she lived here when "The Cry of the Children" was published in 1843.
Coxhoe Hall: Birth Place of EBB
EBB was born in Coxhoe Hall in Durham, England on 6 March 1806. She was the oldest of twelve children born to Edward and Mary Barrett Moulton Barrett.
"The Cry of the Children" in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's World and Our Own
This map contains locations pivotal to the creation, publication, and influence of "The Cry of the Children" (1843) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (EBB). Please see the related COVE timeline titled "The Ongoing War: 'The Cry of the Children' in Time." Both this map and that timeline were created as part of a student exhibition on "The Cry of the Children" by Dr.