About anna sewell biography of william

English writer whose sole published work, Black Beauty, became both a bestselling children's classic and a rallying cry for 19th-century organizations which campaigned for the humane treatment of animals.Pronunciation: SUE-uhl.

Born on March 30, 1820, in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England; died in Old Catton, near Norwich, England, on April 25, 1878; daughter of Isaac Sewell (a bank manager) and Mary Wright Sewell (a writer); had one brother; educated at home with books purchased from her mother's earnings as a writer and at a day school near Stoke Newington; never married.

Moved to Dalston, where she was given horse-riding lessons (1822); moved to Stoke Newington, where she eventually injured an ankle while running during a rainstorm (1832); moved to Brighton (1836); moved to Wick and began teaching a class in biology to workingmen (1848); received hydrotherapy treatments in Germany (1846 and 1856); moved to Old Catton (1867); began writing Black Beaut