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British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

"Tennyson" and "Lord Tennyson" redirect here. For other uses, see Tennyson (disambiguation) and Baron Tennyson.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron TennysonFRS (; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet.

He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign.

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In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, "Timbuktu". He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. "Claribel" and "Mariana", which remain some of Tennyson's most celebrated poems, were included in this volume.

Although described by some critics as overly sentimental, his poems ultimately proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Tennyson's early poetry, with its medievalism and powerful visual imagery, was a major influence on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Tennyson also focused