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Which award did Alfred, Lord Tennyson win for his poem Timbuctoo?

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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.

In 1829, Alfred, Lord Tennyson won the chancellor’s gold medal for his poem Timbuctoo while he was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge.1