William Wordsworth

Life:

 William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, Cumberland,

England.
 He attended Hawkshead Grammar School, where his love of poetry was firmly
established.
 He studied at John’s College in Cambridge and before his final semester, he set out on a
walking tour of Europe, an experience that influenced both his poetry and his political
sensibilities.
 He married a childhood friend, Mary Hutchinson in 1802.
 In 1795, Wordsworth received an inheritance that allowed him to live with his younger
sister, Dorothy.
 He died on April 23, 1850 at Westmorland in England.
 He was buried in St Oswald’s church