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Born	May 7, 1812 • London • England
Died	December 12, 1889 (aged 77) • Venice • Italy
Notable Works	“Bishop Blougram’s Apology” • “Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day” • “Dramatis Personae” • “Fra Lippo Lippi” • “Men and Women” • “My Last Duchess” • “Paracelsus” • “Pippa Passes” • “Rabbi Ben Ezra” • “Sordello” • “The Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed’s Church” • “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” • “The Ring and the Book”

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