• April 7, 2020, marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great English poet William Wordsworth, and April 23, the 170th anniversary of his death.
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    He was much more popular with the general public--tourists actually came to the Wordsworth house in hopes of seeing William.
  • The year 1793 saw the first publication of poems by Wordsworth in the collections An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches.
  • William Wordsworth (1770-1850), an early leader of romanticism in English poetry, ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature.
  • In 1795, Wordsworth received an inheritance that allowed him to live with his sister, Dorothy. That same year, Wordsworth met Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
  • In 1795, Wordsworth received an inheritance that allowed him to live with his sister, Dorothy. That same year, Wordsworth met Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
  • Wordsworth’s meeting and his subsequent friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge is believed to be one of the most important happenings in the poet’s life.
  • William Wordsworth was one of the founders of English Romanticism and one its most central figures and important intellects.
  • William Wordsworth started with Samuel Taylor Coleridge the English Romantic movement with their collection LYRICAL BALLADS in 1798.
  • Wordsworth possesses one of the most intriguing biographies of all the poets, which is itself indispensable for understanding his poetry.