Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson was a British poet born on August 6, 1809, in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England. He was the fourth of twelve children and grew up in a family of poets and writers. His father, George Clayton Tennyson, was a rector and his mother, Elizabeth Fytche, was the daughter of a vicar. Tennyson's early education was at home, where he was taught by his father and older brothers. In 1827, Tennyson went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he met Arthur Hallam, a fellow student who became his close friend and later inspired some of his most famous poems. Tennyson's first published work was a collection of poems called Poems by Two Brothers, which he wrote with his brother Charles. In 1830, Tennyson published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, which received mixed reviews. In 1832, Tennyson's friend Arthur Hallam died suddenly, which had a profound impact on Tennyson's life and work. He wrote several poems in Hallam's memory, including In Memoriam A.H.H., which is considered one