1. Patrick Brontë, father of the Brontë sisters, changed his surname from Brunty because it sounded too Irish.
2. There were six Brontë children but only Anne, Emily, Charlotte and Branwell survived childhood.
3. Emily Brontë could not find a publisher for Wuthering Heights until she paid £50 for it to be printed. It did not sell well at first.
4. Kate Bush was inspired by Wuthering Heights to write a hit song by that name in 1978. She also has the same July 30 birthday as Emily Brontë.
5. The first book by the Brontë sisters was a collection of poems which sold only three copies.
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6. Branwell painted himself and his three sisters but then painted a pillar over his own image.
7. The Oxford English Dictionary attributes the first known usage of 40 English words to Charlotte, seven to Emily and three to Anne.
8. “Wild West” and “spring clean” are among the expressions first used by Charlotte.
9. When working as a teacher, Emily Brontë told her pupils she preferred the school dog to them.
10. Emily Brontë died aged 30; Anne Brontë died aged 29; Charlotte Brontë died aged 38; Branwell Brontë died aged 31.