Jean Ingelow Writer

• Gender: Female
• Citizenship: England
• Born: Mar 17, 1820
• Died: Jul 20, 1897

Jean Ingelow (17 March 1820 - 20 July 1897), was an English poet and novelist.

Born at Boston, Lincolnshire, she was the daughter of William Ingelow, a banker. As a girl she contributed verses and tales to magazines under the pseudonym of Orris, but her first (anonymous) volume, A Rhyming Chronicle of Incidents and Feelings, did not appear until her thirtieth year. This was called charming by Tennyson, who declared he should like to know the author; they later became friends.