William Wordsworth was the second of five children born on April 7th, 1770. His father, Sir John Lowther, made fair money which enabled his family to have a higher-standard living style. Wordsworth and his family lived in Cockermouth, a west Cumbrian town. Possibly because of his fathers absence, young Wordsworth became off-put and estranged from other children and people (with the exception of one of his sisters.) His parents then sent him, at six years of age, to live with his grandparents in the northern Cumbrian town of Penrith. There he attended a local school. His grandparents were said to be mean authority figures, and they did not help the emotional development of Wordsworth at all. Soon after this, Wordsworth mother died in 1778. This affected Wordsworth, and his emotional status as well. He became even more off-put and preferred to be alone most of the time. Due to his mothers death, Sir John Lowther could not take care of the rest of the kids any longer, and sent them off to live with several other people. After the year of his mothers death, Wordswoth was sent to a grammar school in the town of Hawkshead, close to Windermere. Him and his brothers were boarded with a couple in their sixties, and Wordsworth sister was sent to live with foster parents, away from the rest of her family. Then, in 1783, Sir John Lowther died. This affected Wordsworth of course, and his emotional state was made even worse. With his father and mothers death, his sister (the only person he was close to) moved away, switched around from several house holds, it is no surprise that Wordsworth graduated from Cambridge University, in October 1787, with having no academic goals or an idea of what he wanted to do with his life. He was in emotional distress. This could lead to the sudden idea, for Wordsworth to take a walking tour of France and Switzerland, in the year, 1790. Wordsworth was greatly impressed and inspired by the scenery and the politics of the emerging French Republican cause, which he later writes about in sections of The Prelude. After returning back to London, to attend meetings to support the French Republican movement, he then went to France, where he stayed in Paris for a little while. There, he fell in love with a women by the name of, Annette Vallon. Her parents did not approve of Wordsworth, and tried to ban their daughter from seeing him. But, shortly after Wordsworth returned to England, Annette gave birth to their daughter, Caroline, on December 15th, 1792. Wordsworth lived on the coastal line of London, in hope to return to his newly born daughter and the love of his life. But, this journey was not possible, due to the war between the two countries. Two years later in 1794, Wordsworth was reunited with his sister. The decided to live together in a cottage called "Racedown", where they could pay through the proceeds, from the small legacy left to William by Raisley Calvert (a sick friend of Wordsworth that he took care of until his friends death.) Samuel Coleridge became a regular visitor and a close friend to William Wordsworth. Here the two close friends wrote the famous, Lyrical Ballads. He later stayed with the Huthinson family, along with his sister and Coleridge. They lived on a farm near Stock-On-Tees. Wordsworth was overwhelmed by the beauty of the country side, and he knew he wanted to live in such a place as soon as possible. After his short stay as the farm, he rented a cottage again (Dove Cottage) with his sister. Mary Hutchinson became a big part of Wordsworth life, and before they got married, he decided to go to France and visit Annette and Caroline (in the summer of 1802.) Their visit was noted as friendly and they parted on good terms. After this, Mary and William got married. They had three children, and moved around several times. One of the house caused two of the youngest children to die. Their final home was Rydal Mount, where they moved in 1813. Wordsworth writings had gain some recognition, and he begun to make some money off of them. He continued his writings and popular poems came out such as; The Excursion, The White Doe of Rylstone, Peter Bell and Benjamin the Waggoner. His sister became seriously ill in 1829, not just physically but mentally as well. For the rest of her life she was required constant care and attention. His good friend Coleridge died in 1859, but the two had parted, in 1812, along with Mary years later, due to Wordsworth drug abuse and erratic behavior. In 1843 his beloved daughter Dora died. It was heard that Wordsworth spent that last years of his life wandering the countryside and taking care of his garden (which was named after his daughter, "Dora's Fields".) He died on April 23, 1850. Suffering from the common cold. Williams Wordsworth opened up a whole new era of poetry. His views on nature and the rural countryside made his writings unique and popular. He inspired poets and painters all over the world, and even still to this day.

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