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William Wordsworth | 10 Facts On The Famous English Poet
#1 His brother John was captain of the ship Earl of Abergavenny which sank in 1805
#2 Wordsworth graduated from Cambridge University in 1791
#3 He had a very close relationship with his sister Dorothy Wordsworth
#4 He had a daughter with a French woman named Annette Vallon
#5 Wordsworth married his childhood friend Mary Hutchinson in 1802
#6 A friend’s legacy allowed him to pursue his poetic career
#7 Wordsworth and Coleridge launched the English Romantic movement in literature
#8 1797–1808 is considered Wordsworth’s Great Decade
#9 Wordsworth is the only Poet Laureate of Britain to write no official verses
#10 His masterpiece The Prelude was published three months after his death
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#9 Wordsworth is the only Poet Laureate of Britain to write no official verses
In 1813, William Wordsworth and his family including Dorothy moved to Rydal Mount in the town of Ambleside in Cumbria. Here he spent the rest of his life. By 1820, Wordsworth was enjoying considerable success and his reputation continued to grow. He received honorary degrees from Durham (1838) and Oxford (1839). In 1843, following the death of his friend Robert Southey, William Wordsworth was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. He initially refused the offer saying he was too old but British P.M. Robert Peel assured him that “you shall have nothing required of you”. Wordsworth was poet laureate till his death in 1850 and is the only one to write no official verses. Rydal Mount in Ambleside, Cumbria – Wordsworth’s home from 1813 to 1850
#10 His masterpiece The Prelude was published three months after his death
William Wordsworth died on 23rd April 1850 at his home Rydal Mount from an aggravated case of pleurisy. He was 80 years old.