Frederick Tennyson

Frederick Tennyson

Frederick Tennyson (born June 5, 1807 in Louth , Lincolnshire , † February 26, 1898 in Kennsington , London ) was an English writer.

Life

Tennyson was the eldest son of the pastor of Somersby in Lincolnshire. He had twelve siblings, including Alfred and Charles , who later also worked as writers. Through his sister Emilia he became Arthur Hallam's brother-in-law .

Tennyson was educated at Eton College ( Eton ) and St John's College ( Cambridge ). He was considered difficult students and was three times relegated . In 1830 Tennyson returned to Cambridge and in 1832 was able to successfully complete his studies with the title BA .

Tennyson spent most of his life in Italy and on the island of Jersey . He lived in Florence for twenty years , where he was friends with Robert and Elizabeth Browning . There he married Maria Giuliotti in 1839, the daughter of a high administrative official in Tuscany.

Returning to Great Britain, Tennyson joined Anglo-Israelism and was also close to the Church of the New Jerusalem . He died at the age of 90 on February 26, 1898 in Kennsington, where he found his final resting place.

Honors

• 1828 Brown Medal for a poem in Greek

Works (selection)

• Days and Hours . JW Parker and Son, London 1854.
• The Isles of Greece. Sappho and Alcæus . Macmillan & Co., London and New York 1890.
• Daphne and Other Poems . Macmillan & Co., London and New York 1891.
• Poems of the Day and Year . J. Miller and Son, Edinburgh 1895.
• The Shorter Poems of Frederick Tennyson . Edited and with an introduction by Charles Tennyson. Macmillan & Co., London 1913.

literature

• Virendra Sharma: Studies in Victorian verse drama. At the appraisal of the poetic plays of Browning, Tennyson and other Victorians . University, Salzburg 1979 (Salzburg Studies in English Literature; 14).