Title: William Wordsworth Biography - life, childhood, death, history, school, mother, old, information, born, college, time
Headings: William Wordsworth Biography
William Wordsworth Biography
His early years
Stay in France
Publication of first poems
"Tintern Abbey"
Poems of the middle period
Changes in philosophy
Poems of 1802
The Prelude
Later years
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Content: William Wordsworth Biography - life, childhood, death, history, school, mother, old, information, born, college, time
William Wordsworth Biography
Born: April 7, 1770
Cookermouth, Cumberland, England
Died: April 23, 1850
Rydal Mount, Westmorland, England
English poet
William Wordsworth was an early leader of romanticism (a literary movement  that celebrated nature and concentrated on human emotions) in English  poetry and ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of  English literature. His early years
William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cookermouth,  Cumberland, England, the second child of an attorney. Unlike the other  major English romantic poets, he enjoyed a happy childhood under the  loving care of his mother and was very close to his sister Dorothy. As a  child he wandered happily through the lovely natural scenery of  Cumberland. In grammar school, Wordsworth showed a keen interest in  poetry. He was fascinated by the epic poet John Milton  (1608–1674). From 1787 to 1790 Wordsworth attended St. John's College at  Cambridge University. He always returned to his home and to nature  during his summer vacations.