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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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Content: The couple had a daughter in December 1792, but before that Wordsworth had to return to England and couldn’t come back due to outbreak of war between England and France. In 1802, Wordsworth travelled to France to visit Annette and to see for the first time his daughter Caroline. Later, Wordsworth wrote the famous sonnet “It is a beauteous evening, calm and free”, recalling a seaside walk with his 9-year-old daughter Caroline. 1798 Portrait of William Wordsworth by William Shuter
#5 Wordsworth married his childhood friend Mary Hutchinson in 1802
A purpose of Wordsworth’s visit to Annette was to prepare her for his forthcoming marriage to Mary Hutchinson. Mary was a childhood friend of Wordsworth who had known him since they attended school together at Penrith. William Wordsworth married Mary Hutchinson on October 4, 1802. The couple had three sons and two daughters, John (1803), Dora (1804), Thomas (1806), Catherine (1808) and William (1810). However three of their five children, Thomas (1812), Catherine (1812) and Dora (1847), died before them. Several of Wordsworth’s poems show heartfelt laments for the loss of two of his children who died in 1812 and he completely gave up writing new material after his beloved daughter Dora died at the age of 42 in 1847. 1839 Portrait of William’s daughter Dora Wordsworth
#6 A friend’s legacy allowed him to pursue his poetic career
The first half of the 1790s was a dark period for William Wordsworth.