William Wordsworth

1770-1850, English poet of the early Romantic movement.

Life

William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770. His parents John and Ann Wordsworth lived in Cockermouth back then, a small town in Cumberland, England. Working as an attorney and later appointed law agent and land stewart (Masson 5), William's father had good connections in society despite his very young age (Gill 1).

References

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/647975/William-Wordsworth (accessed 25 Jan 2010)

Gill, Stephen. William Wordsworth. A Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989.

Masson, Rosaline. Wordsworth. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1912.

Wordsworth, Jonathan, Michael C. Jaye, and Robert Woof eds. William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism. 2nd ed. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1988.