biography
pronunciation:
[suhthee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1774–1843)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Bristol, SW England, UK. He studed at Oxford, left without a degree, then studied law and settled in Keswick, where he was associated with Wordsworth and Coleridge. Originally a radical in politics, his views mellowed, and in 1809 he began to contribute to the Tory Quarterly Review. His literary output was considerable, and many of his short poems are familiar, such as ‘Inchcape Rock’ and ‘After Blenheim’. Although made poet laureate in 1813, his prose became more widely known than his poetry, and included a life of Nelson, a naval history, and his letters. |
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