William Wordsworth

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Milestones

7 April 1770

WW , Romantic poet and eventually Poet Laureate, was born at Cockermouth in Cumberland, into a family that totalled four brothers and a sister.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press.

23 April 1850

WW , Poet Laureate, died at his house, Rydal Mount, at Grasmere in Westmorland.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press.

Biography

Birth

7 April 1770

WW , Romantic poet and eventually Poet Laureate, was born at Cockermouth in Cumberland, into a family that totalled four brothers and a sister.
Eagle, Dorothy et al. The Oxford Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press.