Alfred Tennyson
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 131 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 6,1809 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Somersby |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | October 6,1892 |
| Died | Aldworth House |
| United Kingdom | |
| Poems | Ulysses |
| In Memoriam A. H. H. | |
| The Lady of Shalott | |
| Movies/Shows | Balaclava |
| Enoch Arden | |
| Sweet and Low | |
| Becket | |
| After Many Years | |
| The Beggar Maid | |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | |
| The Bushwhackers | |
| Lady Godiva | |
| Spouse | Emily, Lady Tennyson |
| Children | Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson |
| Lionel Tennyson | |
| [Unnamed] Tennyson | |
| Awards | Chancellor's Gold Medal |
| Books | In Memoriam A.H.H. |
| Influences | William Shakespeare |
| John Keats | |
| John Milton | |
| Thomas Malory | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer | |
| Place of burial | Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom |
| Parents | George Clayton Tennyson |
| Elizabeth Fytche | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 899295 |
Alfred Tennyson Life story
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830.
