Alfred, Lord Tennyson vs Emily Dickinson
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) and Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 56 years, from 1830 to 1886.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892)
- — Born in Somersby, Lincolnshire Verified
- — Entered Trinity College, Cambridge Verified
- — Won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for poetry Verified
- — Death of Arthur Hallam Verified
- — Published In Memoriam A.H.H. Verified
- — Married Emily Sellwood Verified
- — Appointed Poet Laureate Verified
- — Published The Charge of the Light Brigade Verified
- — Raised to the peerage as Baron Tennyson Verified
- — Died at Aldworth, Surrey Verified
Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
- — Born in Amherst, Massachusetts Verified
- — Attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary Verified
- — Saw her first poem published in the Springfield Daily Republican
- — Began her correspondence with Thomas Wentworth Higginson Verified
- — Withdrew almost entirely from public life
- — Died in Amherst, Massachusetts Verified