Biography of Agatha Christie

Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born at home on September 15, 1890. She was the third child of Frederick Alvah and Clarissa Beochmer Miller. Her father was an American who had been living in England for twenty years. Her mother was English. Agatha lived at Ashfield in Torquay.


When Agatha was 11, her father died. Before his death, he had begun teaching her arithmetic. Agatha never went to school. Her mother believed education destroyed the brain and ruined the eyes. She taught Agatha history.


After the death of her father, Agatha was taken to arithmetic classes twice a week. At 16, she attended finishing school in Paris, where she remained for two years. She spoke French and German.