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How did Alfred, Lord Tennyson meet Arthur Henry Hallam?

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Lithograph portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson with wavy hair, a full beard, and a serious expression, shown in three-quarter view wearing a dark coat. — Alfred, Lord Tennyson Portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, lithograph published in *The Modern Portrait Gallery*, 1890.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Arthur Henry Hallam met in 1828 at Trinity College, Cambridge. Their friendship deepened through their mutual involvement in The Apostles, an exclusive undergraduate club dedicated to earnest intellectual interests.12