Monday, October 27, 2008

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

By Samuel Potter, ?/07

Alfred, Lord Tennyson is considered one of the greatest poets of his time or any time.
Tennyson was born on August 6, 1809, in Lincolnshire. The marshlands of eastern England where Tennyson grew up later became the setting for some of his poems.
In 1828 Tennyson entered Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, Tennyson joined a philosophical society called “the Apostles”. Meanwhile, Tennyson and his poetry were gaining popularity. In 1850 he succeeded William Wordsworth as Poet Laureate of England. In 1883 Queen Victoria awarded him the title Baron Tennyson. Tennyson died in 1892 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

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