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John Keats, drawing by Joseph Severn, 19th century.
John Keats experienced significant loss and instability during his childhood. His father, who worked as a livery-stable manager, died in 1804 when Keats was eight years old.12
Following his father's death, his mother remarried almost immediately. After that second marriage ended, Keats and his siblings went to live with their widowed grandmother in Edmonton, Middlesex. Their mother later passed away in 1810, after which the children's affairs were placed under the care of a guardian, Richard Abbey.12