page_title: William Carus Wilson
hierarchical_section_title: William Carus Wilson
caption_attribution_description: English: A depiction of Carus Wilson from The Children's Friend, the journal he founded.
context_page_description: William Carus Wilson was an English churchman and the founder and editor of the long-lived monthly The Children's Friend. He was the inspiration for Mr Brocklehurst, the autocratic head of Lowood School, depicted by Charlotte Brontë in her 1847 novel Jane Eyre.
context_section_description: William Carus Wilson (7 July 1791 – 30 December 1859) was an English churchman and the founder and editor of the long-lived monthly The Children's Friend. He was the inspiration for Mr Brocklehurst, the autocratic head of Lowood School, depicted by Charlotte Brontë in her 1847 novel Jane Eyre.
caption: William Carus Wilson (seated), from The Children's Friend, 1864.
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