Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson was a prominent 19th-century British poet who served as Poet Laureate and became one of the most celebrated voices of the Victorian age.

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instanceOf British writer
Victorian poet
human
poet
awardReceived peerage of the United Kingdom
burialPlaceSection Poets' Corner
linked to: Poets’ Corner
causeOfDeath gout
influenza
child Hallam Tennyson
Lionel Tennyson
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1809-08-06
dateOfDeath 1892-10-06
describedAs one of the most popular English poets of the Victorian era
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge
ethnicGroup English
familyName Tennyson
father George Clayton Tennyson
fullName Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
genre poetry
givenName Alfred
hasCanonizedName Tennyson
honorificTitle Lord
influenced Rudyard Kipling
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Hardy
influencedBy Lord Byron
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Wordsworth
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Cambridge Apostles
mother Elizabeth Fytche
movement Romanticism
Victorian literature
nobleTitle 1st Baron Tennyson
nominatedBy William Gladstone
notableWork Break, Break, Break
Crossing the Bar
Idylls of the King
In Memoriam A.H.H.
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Locksley Hall
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Lady of Shalott
Ulysses
occupation Poet Laureate
poet
peerageCreated 1884
period 19th century
placeOfBirth Somersby, Lincolnshire, England
placeOfBurial Westminster Abbey
placeOfDeath Lurgashall, Sussex, England
positionHeld Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
religion Christianity
Church of England
residence Aldworth, Surrey
Farringford House, Isle of Wight
sibling Charles Tennyson Turner
Frederick Tennyson
signature Alfred Lord Tennyson signature image
spouse Emily Tennyson

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Battle of Balaclava associatedWith Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Charge of the Light Brigade immortalizedBy Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Lady of Shalott (painting) inspiredBy Alfred Tennyson
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Ticknor and Fields publishedAuthor Alfred Tennyson
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John Keats influenced Alfred Tennyson
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson fullName Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
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The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet author Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet author Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
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The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film) basedOnWorkAuthor Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Sidney Lanier influencedBy Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Ulysses (poem) author Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Ulysses (poem) poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Idylls of the King author Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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