Poet-laureate
101WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM — poet, born at Cockermouth, of a Yorkshire stock; educated at Hawkshead Grammar School and at St. John s College, Cambridge; travelled in France at the Revolution period, and was smitten with the Republican fever, which however soon spent… …
102C. D. Wright — poet.Carolyn D. Wright was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas to a chancery judge and a court reporter. She earned a BA from Memphis State College (now the University of Memphis) in 1971 and briefly attended law school before leaving to pursue an… …
103laureateship — laureate ► NOUN 1) a person given an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement. 2) a poet laureate. ► ADJECTIVE literary ▪ wreathed with laurel as a mark of honour. DERIVATIVES laureateship noun. ORIGIN from Latin laurea laurel… …
104AUSTIN, ALFRED — poet laureate in succession to Tennyson, born near Leeds, bred for the bar, but devoted to literature as journalist, writer, and poet; has written The Golden Age, a Satire, Savonarola, English Lyrics, and several works in prose; b. 1835 …
105SOUTHEY, ROBERT — poet laureate, born, the son of a linen draper, at Bristol; was expelled from Westminster School for a satirical article in the school magazine directed against flogging; in the following year (1793) entered Balliol College, where he only… …
106TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD — poet laureate, born at Somersby, in Lincolnshire, son of a clergyman, and of aristocratic descent; was educated at the grammar school of Louth and at Trinity College, Cambridge, which latter he left without taking a degree; having already… …
107TATE, NAHUM — poet laureate, born in Dublin, where he was educated at Trinity College; came to London to ply the craft of letters, and in 1690 succeeded Shadwell in the laureateship; improvident, and probably intemperate, he died in the Mint, the refuge of… …
108literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
109Ina Coolbrith — in the 1880s Ina …
110List of poets — This is a list of poets. It lists notable poets. Alphabetical listcompactTOC NOTOC A Ab Ak*Dannie Abse (born 1923), English poet *Milton Acorn (1923 ndash;1986), Canadian poet, writer, and playwright *Léonie Adams (1899 ndash;1988), American poet …
