Dorothy Wordsworth was born in 1771 in the Lake District of northern England and was the only daughter among five siblings, including William Wordsworth, who became one of the foremost Romantic poets. After her mother’s death in 1778, she was separated from her brothers, as she was sent to live with relatives in Halifax (West Yorkshire), while her brothers stayed closer to home and lived with guardian uncles. She was reunited with William in 1795, and from 1797 until William’s death in 1850 they would never again live apart.
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