Identity area
Reference code
Wordsworth/Folder 1-22/Folder 1-20/Folder 8
Unique identifier
GB 275 Wordsworth/Folder 1-22/Folder 1-20/Folder 8
Title
AL to the Master of St John's College, from Trinity College Lodge
Date(s)
- 1 Apr. 1835 (Circa) (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1770-1850)
Biographical history
Admitted at St John's 1787, BA 1791. Credited with ushering in the English Romantic Movement with the publication of 'Lyrical Ballads' (1798) in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. About 1798 he started to write a large and philosophical autobiographical poem, completed in 1805, and published posthumously in 1850 under the title 'The Prelude'. Published 'Poems in two volumes' in 1807. Poet Laureate 1843-50.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Rev. John Hymers, 1886.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Accepts an invitation to dine at St John's College.