Pseudonym know that the books related to people of the neighbourhood. The Brontës used their neighbours as inspiration for characters in many of their books. Anne Brontë published "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" under the name Acton Bell. Charlotte Brontë published "Shirley" and "Jane Eyre" under the name Currer Bell. Emily Brontë published "Wuthering Heights" as Ellis Bell. A well-known example of the former is Mary Ann Evans, who wrote as George Eliot. Another example is Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, a 19th-century French writer who used the pen name George Sand. In contrast, some twentieth and twenty first century male romance
Bronte Cockburn 1935 Magarey Medal for the South Australian National Football Leagues best and fairest player. Bronte Cockburn Bronte Cockburn (born 14 June 1941) is a retired Australian women's basketball player. Cockburn played for the Australia women's national basketball team at the 1957 World Championship held in Brazil. She was only 16 years-old when she travelled with the team to compete in the Championship. Cockburn was captain of the South Australian junior school girls team which won the Australian trophy in 1954. She was named to the All-Australian schoolgirls team the same year. At 13 years-old, Cockburn was already playing top grade