Robert Southey
(1774-1843)
10th Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (1813-1843)
Died aged 68
Wikidata WikipediaRobert Southey (/ˈsaʊði/ or /ˈsʌði/; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a radical but became steadily more conservative as he gained respect for Britain and its institutions. Other romantics such as Byron accused him of siding with the establishment for money and status. He is remembered especially for the poem "After Blenheim" and the original version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".
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Commemorated on 4 plaques
Stricklandgate House. This house was built about 1776 by Joseph Maude, a Kendal banker and for many years housed the Kendal Savings Bank. In 1854 it was leased to the Kendal Literary and Scientific Society of which Wordsworth and Southey were Founder members and became the town's museum and library.
92 Stricklandgate, Kendal, United Kingdom where they connected in an unknown way
In a house near this site was born Robert Southey 1774-1843. Poet Laureate 1813.
Pridential Buildings, 11-19 Wine Street, Bristol, United Kingdom where they was born near (1774)
Robert Southey 1774 – 1843 Poet, historian, biographer and essayist, Poet Laureate 1813 – 1843 Lived here 1802 – 1803 'The only existing entire man of letters'
87 Kingsdown Parade, Bristol, United Kingdom where they lived (1802-1803)