Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, seated, holding a book in one hand, with his other hand held to his chest.

Milestones

21 October 1772

STC , poet and critic, was born at Ottery St Mary in Devon.
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1992, 3 vols.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

25 July 1834

STC , poet and critic, died after a long illness.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
Ashton, Rosemary. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Critical Biography. Blackwell, 1996.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Biography

Birth

21 October 1772

STC , poet and critic, was born at Ottery St Mary in Devon.
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1992, 3 vols.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

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