Wordsworth was born at Cockermouth, England, April 7, 1770, and he died on April 28, 1850 (victorianweb). He was buried by the side of his daughter in the churchyard shown to the right. He went to school at Hawkshead School, then at Cambridge University (victorianweb). William was also tended St. Johns in 1787.
In 1793, Wordsworth finished his first poetry collection (victorianweb). Although, his financial condition was weak. In 1795, he received a loan of 900 dollars from Raisley Calvert which really help him out during his hard times. In the same year, he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the two developed a long friendship and together they published Lyrical Ballads a collection of romantic poems in 1798. The collection was an amazing success. In his later life, Wordsworth began working on his philosophical poems, which he intended to publish in three parts. Meanwhile, he had began working on his autobiographical poem(victorianweb). In 1807, his Poems were published in to sets, making the people realize him more. In 1813, Wordsworth was appointed as Distributor of Stamps for Westmorland offering an income of $400 per year (victorianweb). The offer gave him the ability to move with his family to Royal Mount in Ambleside. Inspiration gradually failed him for this project, and he spent much of his later life revising The Prelude. Critics argue about which version is better, the 1805 or the 1850, but agree that in either case it is the most successful blank verse epic since Paradise Lost (victorianweb). Finally,Coloredge and Wordsworth toured the Rhineland in 1828. Durham University granted him an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree in 1838, and Oxford conferred the same honor the next year (victorianweb). Wordsworth died in 1850, and his wife published the much-revised Prelude that summer.
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