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. 

Parent Map

"The Cry of the Children" in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's World and Our Own

Coordinates

Latitude: 43.777177500000
Longitude: 11.268507100000

Timeline of Events Associated with EBB's Place of Death

Date Event Manage

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (young)
29 Jun 1861

EBB's Death

EBB died at the age of fifty-five in Florence, Italy where she was residing. She died of respiratory insufficiency and was outlived by her husband, Robert Browning.