Aubrey Vincent Beardsley is born on August 21, 1872 at Brighton, Sussex, England. Parents Ellen Pitt; the daughter of Surgeon-Major William Pitt and Vincent Paul Beardsley, a Londoner who was not trained in any profession; however, inherited tuberculosis in which Aubrey suffers with throughout his life. Vincent and Ellen had two children: Mabel and of course Aubrey. Ellen Beardsley was forced to supplement the families income by acting as governess and giving piano lessons; Vincent after both children were born was forced to take a job, first as a telegraph company and later for two breweries. Due to Ellen teaching piano Aubrey's first talent was piano and with his sister accompanying him they were thought of sibling prodigies.
Aubrey at age seven suffered from his first signs of tuberculosis; shortly afterwards was sent to a boarding school within the country. Two years after spent in Epsom, Aubrey and Mabel were sent to live with an Aunt at Brighton; it was said that the sea air could possibly be good for Aubrey's lungs.* Aubrey and Mabel while in Brighton, attended the Catholic school of Annunciation of our Lady. It was here that Aubrey, Mabel and Mrs. Beardsley were welcomed to the Latin Catholic church. The same year Aubrey became a boarded at the Brighton Grammar School. It is the grammar school Aubrey begin is introduced to A. W. King, a teach whom taught science and was also Aubrey's housemaster. It is King believes in Aubrey's talents that he opens his library to him.
*Benkovitz, Miriam J. Aubrey Beardsley: An Account of His Life. Toronto: Academic Press Canada Limited, 1981.
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