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Born November 20, 1752 • Bristol • England • (Birthday in 7 days)
Died August 24, 1770 (aged 17) • London • England
Notable Works theatrical production
Movement / Style Romanticism

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Lord Byron
British poet
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British poet and critic
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
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W.S. Gilbert
British playwright
William Blake
William Blake
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William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
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John Keats
British poet
Clare, John
John Clare
British poet
Felicia Hemans, detail from an engraving by W. Holl after a portrait by W.E. West (1788–1857)
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
English poet
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
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Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
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Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Scottish writer
Alessandro Manzoni, oil painting by Francesco Hayez; in the Brera Gallery, Milan.
Alessandro Manzoni
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Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, oil painting by F.C. Groger, 1815; in the National Historical Museum at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Den.
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger
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Słowacki, Juliusz
Juliusz Słowacki
Polish author
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João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, viscount de Almeida Garrett
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Alfred de Musset
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Beattie, detail of an engraving by William Ridley after a portrait by an unknown artist
James Beattie
Scottish poet
Zorrilla y Moral, José
José Zorrilla y Moral
Spanish writer

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