About
First female supercentenarian ever recorded. She was also the second validated person to reach the age of 110 and the first recorded person whose life spanned three different centuries.
Before Fame
She studied literature and poetry, and she was fluent in French and Italian.
Trivia
She was able to recall the aftershocks of the French Revolution and how it affected her island.
Family Life
She was born in Saint Peter Port on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel. Her father was wealthy and involved in merchant shipping. Her mother lived to be 99 years old and died in 1871.
Associated With
Martha Graham surpassed her and lived to be 114.
