A Misspelled Memorial to the Brontë Sisters Gets Its Dots
A misspelled memorial to the Brontë sisters gets its dots back at last
With a few daubs of a paintbrush, the Brontë sisters have got their dots back. More than eight decades after it was installed, a memorial to the three sibling novelists in London’s Westminster Abbey has been amended to restore the diaereses.
Bronte sisters memorial given correct dots after 85 years in Westminster Abbey
A memorial to Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë has had the dots above their surname added nearly 85 years after it was first installed at Westminster Abbey. The diaereses – the two dots above the letter E at the end of the Brontë name – were omitted when it originally commemorated the novelists on Oct 8 1939,
Dots above Bronte surname added to memorial nearly 85 years on from installation
Dots above Bronte surname added to memorial nearly 85 years on from installation - It is not known why the two dots above the ‘e’ at the end of the Bronte name were left off when it was originally installed in 1939.
Brontë plaque corrects 85-year misspelling
The editor of the Brontë Society Gazette noticed that a plaque in Westminster Abbey’s Poets’ Corner spelled their last name without the diaereses.
Bronte sisters: Memorial edited after nearly 85 years
A memorial to the famous Bradford-born Bronte sisters has had the dots above their surname added nearly 85 years after it was first installed
Brontë memorial has diaereses added 85 years later
A memorial to the Brontë sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne has had diaereses added above the letter "e" of the authors' surname, 85 years after it was unveiled. The rectangular stone tablet is in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey,
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