Haworth

[ hah-werth, haw- ]

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Haworth

/ ˈhaʊəθ /

HaworthSir Walter Norman18831950MBritishSCIENCE: chemist Sir Walter Norman. 1883–1950, British biochemist, who shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1937) for being the first to synthesize ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

Haworth

/ ˈhaʊəθ /

a village in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: home of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. Pop: 6078 (2001)

So in October she returned to Haworth, to the only place where she was happy and well.

But winter was approaching, and winter is dreary at Haworth.

She made the bread; and her bread was famous in Haworth for its lightness and excellence.

As happy and hopeful a young woman as any that dwells in Haworth parish.

It is an extract from an American paper, and is written by an emigrant from Haworth.

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