William Wordsworth | |
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![]() William Wordsworth. | |
Born | Wordsworth House, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England | 7 April 1770
Died | 23 April 1850 Cumberland, England | (aged 80)
Occupation | Poet |
Genre | Poetry |
Literary movement | Romanticism |
Notable works | Lyrical Ballads, Poems in Two Volumes, The Excursion |
William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an important poet of the Romantic Age in English literature.
Many people think that The Prelude, an autobiographical poem of his early years is his masterpiece. Wordsworth was England's Poet Laureate from 1843, until his death in 1850.