WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (apr 7, 1770 – apr 23, 1850)
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William Wordsworth was an English romantic poet who became Poet laureate. His poetic theory shook the rule of English classical poetics and promoted the innovation of English poetry and the development of the romantic movement. He is one of the most important poets in English since the Renaissance, and his line "plain living and high thinking" is used as the motto of Keble College, Oxford University.Added to timeline:
Date:
apr 7, 1770
apr 23, 1850
~ 80 years