Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 - 1834
Samuel Taylor Coleridge , English critical poet, critic and philosopher. He was at school with [Missing XREF c-lamb58355] Venn's entry reads: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. College: JESUS Entered: Lent, 1792 Born: Died: July 25, 1834 Adm. sizar (age 19) at JESUS, Feb. 5, 1791. S. of John, V. of Ottery St Mary, Devon. [B. there Oct. 21, 1772.] School, Christ's Hospital (Exhibitioner). Matric. Lent, 1792; Scholar; Browne Medal (Greek Ode) 1792. Poet, critic and philosopher. Enlisted, under the name of Comberback, in 15th Light Dragoons, Apr. 1793; discharged Apr. 10, 1794, from respect to his friends and station. Adopted extreme views in religion and politics. Joined Robert Southey and other `pantisocrats' in a scheme to found a communistic colony in Pennsylvania, 1794. Went to Bristol, lodging at 48, College Street. Published his first volume of Poems, 1796. Preached occasionally in Unitarian chapels at Taunton and Bath, 1796-7. Joined Wordsworth in writing Lyrical Ballads. An occasional contributor to the Morning Post, 1798-1802. Studied in Germany, 1798-9; funds being furnished by the Wedgwoods. Became a slave to opium. Secretary to the Governor of Malta, 1804-5. Settled at Keswick, Cumberland, 1800, where he wrote the second part of Christabel. Settled at Grasmere, with Wordsworth, 1809. Began a paper called the Friend, 1809. Contributed to the London Courier, 1809, 1811 and 1814. Lectured in London on Shakespeare and other poets, 1810-11. A pensioner of the Society of Literature, 1824-30. Gave his last lecture in London, 1818. Visited by famous contemporaries who came to listen to his conversation. For an account of his life and work see D.N.B. Died July 25, 1834, at Highgate; bust in Westminster Abbey. Father of Derwent (1820). See also: - http://www.lib.v irginia.edu/etext/stc/Coleridge/
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| Born: Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England 20th Oct 1772 | Baptised:
| | Died: Highgate, London, England 25th Jul 1834 | Buried: St. Michael's, Highgate, London, , , England 2nd Aug 1834
| | Family: Coleridge |
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| 20th Oct 1772 | Born (birth) Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England | | 4th Oct 1795 | Married Sara Fricker
(Coleridge ) 1770 - 1845 (marriage) Bristol, England | | 25th Jul 1834 | Died (death) Highgate, London, England | | 2nd Aug 1834 | Buried (burial) London, England |
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