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Brontë family

19th-century literary family
Organization family Q835808
Brontë family
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Summary

Brontë family is a family[1]. It ranks in the top 0.53% of family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,051 views/month, #4 of 748).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ancestral home: Thornton[3]
  • Founder: Patrick Brontë[4]
  • Commons category: Brontë family[5]
  • Archives at: University of Leeds Libraries[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brontë family[7]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Members have occupation: writer[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Brontë family include Brontë[14], an impact crater[15].

Why It Matters

Brontë family has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for it include Brontë[14], an impact crater[15].

Related Entities

Anne Brontë Branwell Brontë Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bronte-family
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bronte-family, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289920369|bronte family (#289920369)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 13w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007310403705171
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007310403705171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archives at → University of Leeds Libraries
    Topic's main category → Category:Brontë family
    Instance of → —
    Svkkl authority id → 0376221-Bronte-rodina
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0376221-Bronte-rodina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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