Samuel coleridge biography

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was influential in the founding and development of  English Romantic poetry. Despite suffering from mood swings and an opium addiction, Coleridge produced some memorable poetry and was also a noted literary critic.

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Coleridge (1772-1834)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in Ottery St. Mary, Devon in 1772. His father was a local vicar who was already 53 when Samuel was born; his father later died when Coleridge was just six years old.

As a child, he was withdrawn but loved reading.

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He later recounted how much he enjoyed reading books such as Robinson Crusoe, and Arabian Nights. After the death of his father, he went to Christ’s Hospital school in London, where he developed a love for the classic Greek poets and the two English immortals, Shakespeare and Milton.

In 1791, he went to Jesus College, Cambridge University. Here his poetry was first recognised, winning the Browne Gold medal for an ode on the slave trade.

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