Timeline

Date	Event
22 Nov 1857	George Robert Gissing born at 55 (nowadays 60) Westgate, Wakefield.
1863	Attends the Unitarian school building, Back Lane, Wakefield.
28 Dec 1870	Gissing's father, Thomas Waller Gissing, dies.
1871	Attends Lindow Grove School, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, with his brothers.
1872	Enters Owens College, Manchester on a scholarship.
1875-76	Meets Marianne (Nell) Helen Harrrison.
May-Jun 1876	Caught stealing money in the cloakroom of Owens College, expelled, convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
Sep 1876	Sails to America.
Oct 1877	Returns to England.
27 Oct 1879	Marries Marianne Helen Harrison in London.
May 1880	Publishes his first novel Workers in the Dawn, using his inheritance.
Jun 1884	The Unclassed published by Chapman and Hall.
March 1886	Demos published by Smith and Elder.
Jun 1886	Isabel Clarendon published by Chapman and Hall.
April 1887	Thyrza published by Smith and Elder.
Feb 1888	First wife, Marianne Helen Harrison dies.
Nov 1888	A Life's Morning published by Smith and Elder.
Apr 1889	The Nether World published by Smith and Elder.
Mar 1890	The Emancipated published by Bentley.
25 Feb 1891	Marries Edith Underwood at St Pancras Registry Office.
Apr 1891	New Grub Street published by Smith and Elder.
10 Dec 1891	First son born, Walter Leonard.
Feb 1892	Denzil Quarrier published by Lawrence and Bullen.
May 1892	Born in Exile published by A and C Black.
Apr 1893	The Odd Women published by Lawrence and Bullen
Dec 1894	In the year of Jubilee published by Lawrence and Bullen.
Apr 1895	Eve's Ransom published by Lawrence and Bullen.
Dec 1895	Sleeping Fires published by Unwin.
Jan 1896	The Paying Guest published by Cassell.
20 Jan 1896	Second son, Alfred Charles Gissing born.
Apr 1897	The Whirlpool published by Lawrence and Bullen.
17 Sep 1897	Parts with Edith, after nearly seven years of marriage.
Nov 1897	Human Odds and Ends published by Lawrence and Bullen.
Feb 1898	Charles Dickens: A Critical Study published by Blackie.
6 Jul 1898	Meets Gabrielle Fleury at H G Wells's home.
Aug 1898	The Town Traveller published by Methuen.
6 May 1899	Private ceremony of union, with Gabrielle Fleury.
Oct 1899	The Crown of Life published by Methuen.
May 1901	Our Friend the Charlatan published by Chapman and Hall.
Jun 1901	By the Ionian Sea published by Chapman and Hall.
Jan 1903	The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft published by Constable.
28 Dec 1903	Dies at Ispoure, near St Jean Pied de Port, France.
1904	Veranilda published by Constable.
1905	Will Warburton published by Constable.

Source: The University of Manchester

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