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Robert Browning
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Robert Browning is Born
On May 12th 1812 Robert Browning the 2ed was born to Robert and Sarah Anne. He was the first born of four. -
Poetry begins
in 1826 Robert Browning (14) begins writing poetry. He is also totored in French, Greek, Latin, and Itailan. -
Robert Browning Attends the University Of London
In Augest of 1828 Robert Browning attended London University 1 semester and then dropped out to read at his own pace. -
The Critacl Life
In 1837 Browning writes his first series of unsuccessful plays but, it is produced and published. -
Italian Life
In 1838 Robert Browing stayed 5 months in Italy. This was his first vistit here. He went there to get Inspiration for his poem Sordello -
Mariage
In 1846 Robert Browning married Elizabeth Barrat. He saw here poetry in a shop and wanted to meet her. She met up with him and they got secretly married. -
A son is born
On December 6th 1849 Robert and Elizabeth Browning gave Birth to Robert Browning the 3rd. The couple had only been married for 3 years. They nicknamed his son Pen -
The move
In 1852 Robert, Elizabth, and "Pen" move to Paris, France. There they make frendships with Charles Kingsly and Tennyson. -
Elizabeth's Death
In 1861 Elizabeth Barrat Browning died. This left a husband without a wife and a child without a moher. Robert Browning was 49 and "Pen" Browning was 12. After she died they move back to London. -
A Proposal
In 1869 Browning proposes to Lady Ashburton only to be rejected -
Robert Browning's passing
On December 12th 1889 Robert Browning died of Bronchitis at age 77 -
His last works
Browning publishes his last collection of poems called Asolando.