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Much of his verse was based on classical or mythological themes. Idylls of the King ( 1859) takes its subject from Arthurian romance. Later in his career, he attempted drama, but his plays enjoyed little success even in his lifetime.
He was born in Lincolnshire, a rector's son. His father had fallen out with his family and been disinherited; he drank heavily and became mentally unstable. Tennyson and two of his elder brothers were writing poetry in their teens, and a collection of poems by all three was published locally when Alfred was only seventeen. One of those brothers, Charles Tennyson Turner , later married Louisa Sellwood, younger sister of Alfred's future wife; the other poet brother was Frederick Tennyson . Educated at Louth grammar school and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he joined the secret society called the Cambridge ApostlesThe Cambridge Apostles (aka the Cambridge Conversazione Society) is an elite intellectual secret society of Cambridge University, founded in 1820 by George Tomlinson, who became the Bishop of Gibraltar. The society allegedly takes its name from the tongue, Alfred Tennyson published his first solo collection of poems in 1830Events February 3 The previously autonomous state of Greece gains full independence from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence. Negotiations for the borders between the two states continue until 1832, under the supervisio. Although decried by critics as over-sentimental, his verse soon proved popular. One of his best-known poems, The Lady of ShalottThe Lady of Shalott is a romantic poem by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The subject of the poem is a woman who is cursed to remain in a tower on an island in a river near Camelot. She is able to see the world only through its reflection in a mir, appeared in his second collection in 1833Events January 3 Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. June 6 U. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train. September 29 The infant Isabella II becomes Queen of Spain, under the regency of her mot.
After Tennyson's father died, he shared the responsibility for his widowed mother and her large brood of children. They were allowed to stay in the rectory for some time, but later moved to Essex. An unwise investment in an ecclesiastical wood-carving enterprise resulted in the loss of much of their money, and this may have been one of the reasons why Tennyson was so late in marrying.
It was in 1850Events January 4 The first American ice-skating club is formed ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). January 29 Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the United States Congress February 28 University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah March 7 United that Tennyson reached the pinnacle of his career, being appointed Poet Laureate in succession to William WordsworthWilliam Wordsworth ( April 7, 1770 April 23, 1850) was an English poet who with Samuel Taylor Coleridge launched the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 publication of Lyrical Ballads''. His masterpiece is generally considered to be The Prelu and in the same year producing his masterpiece, In Memoriam A.H.H. , dedicated to a friend from his student days, Arthur Hallam, who was to have been married to Tennyson's sister, Emilia. In the same year, Tennyson himself married Emily Sellwood, whom he had known since childhood. They had two sons, Hallam -- named after his late friend -- and Lionel.
He held the position of Poet Laureate from 1850 until his death, turning out appropriate but mediocre verse, such as a poem of greeting to Alexandra of Denmark when she arrived in Britain to marry the future King Edward VII. Other works written as Laureate include Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington and Ode Sung at the Opening of the International Exhibition.
Queen Victoria was an ardent admirer of Tennyson's work, and in 1884 created him Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. He was the first English writer raised to the Peerage.Recordings exist of Lord Tennyson declaiming his own poetry, but they are of poor quality.
Lord Tennyson's death was widely mourned, and he was buried at Westminster Abbey. He was succeeded as 2nd Baron Tennyson by his son, Hallam, who produced an authorised biography of his father in 1897, and was later the second Governor-General of Australia.
Statue of Lord Tennyson in the chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge
| Preceded by: William Wordsworth | British Poet Laureate | Succeeded by: Alfred Austin |
| Preceded by: New creation | Baron Tennyson | Succeeded by: Hallam Tennyson |
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