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Birth
John Keats born on Oct 31, 1795 in Moorgate London. -
Start of schooling
Went to a school in Enfield run by a man named John Clarke. -
Father Dies
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Abbandoned by mother
Keats' mother abbandoned her family. She left for a total of three and a half years before coming back sick with TB and rheumatism. The Keats children were kept in the care of their grandparents. -
Mother returns, sick with tuberculosis
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Mother Dies
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Begins Medical Work
Guy's Hospital, located in London. In his free time, Keats begins to write poetry but not in a serious manner. -
Keats Begins his Poetry Career
This is when Keats, after meeting and Leigh Hunt, quit working as a house surgeon and pursued his working career. He would go on to write for six years before dying. -
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Poetry Career
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Critique by John Scott
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Keats' brother Thomas dies
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci is written
<a href='http://books.google.com/books?id=WRq_l1vko10C&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=Why+four+kisses+--+you+will+way+--+why+four?+Because+I+wish+to+restrain+the+headlong+impetuosity+of+my+Muse+--+she+would+have+fain+said+"score"+without+hurting+the+rhyme+--+but+we+must+temper+the+imagination+as+the+critics+say+with+judgment.+I+was+obliged+to+choose+an+even+number+that+both+eyes+might+have+fair+play:+and+to+speak+truly+I+think+two+apiece+quite+sufficient.+Suppose+I+had+said+seven;+there+would+have+been+three+and+a+half+apiece+--+a+very+awkward+affair+--+and+well+got+out+of+on+my+side+--&source=bl&ots=FgxKhymPV2&sig=21sjtOHbxjyhDVMwBfPsY-Uhieg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YgtpU5L5H7SwsASU_YGgAg&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Why four kisses -- you will way -- why four? Because I wish to restrain the headlong impetuosity of my Muse -- she would have fain said "score" without hurting the rhyme -- but we must temper the imagination as the critics say with judgment. I was obliged to choose an even number that both eyes might have fair play: and to speak truly I think two apiece quite sufficient. Suppose I had said seven; there would have been three and a half apiece -- a very awkward affair -- and well got out of on my side --&f=false' >Quote by John Keats about this poem</a> -
Positive critique of Keats by Charles Armitage Brown
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Keats contracts tuberculosis
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Death
Died of tuberculosis, buried in Protestant Cemetary, Rome.
