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apr 23, 1850 - WILLIAM WORDSWORTH DIES

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Rydal, Westmorland

William Wordsworth dies of pleurisy, an inflammation of the lining around the lungs. He is buried in St. Oswald's Church in Grasmere. A few months after his death, Mary Wordsworth publishes The Prelude, the autobiographical poem now considered to be Wordsworth's masterpiece.

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apr 23, 1850
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~ 176 years ago