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Alfred Lord Tennyson

By idyllic_opus

  • born

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    The Life of Alfred Lord Tennyson

  • student of Louth Grammar School

  • Entered Trinity College Cambridge

    Entered Trinity College Cambridge

  • awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuctoo"

  • Poems Chiefly Lyrical published (first solo collection)

  • Tennyson's Father dies- requiring him to leave Cambrige without receiving his degree

  • The Lady of Shalott published

    The Lady of Shalott published
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  • Published two volumes of poems which included "Ulysses"

  • In Memoriam publsihed

    In Memoriam publsihed
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  • Appointed Poet Laureate

  • Married Emily Sellwood

  • Son, Hallam Tennyson born

  • Son, Lionel Tennyson born

  • Published "Maud"

  • Queen Victoria appoints him Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight

  • Published "Idylls of the King" 1856-1885

    Published "Idylls of the King" 1856-1885

  • died

    died