Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Quick Facts

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Born	October 21, 1772 • England
Died	July 25, 1834 (aged 61) • Highgate • England
Notable Works	“Biographia Literaria” • “Christabel” • “Dejection: An Ode” • “Frost at Midnight” • “Kubla Khan” • “Lyrical Ballads” • “On the Constitution of the Church and State” • “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
Movement / Style	Romanticism • Lake poet
Notable Family Members	daughter Sara Coleridge
Subjects Of Study	literature

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