Alfred, Lord Tennyson vs George Eliot
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) and George Eliot (1819–1880) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 61 years, from 1819 to 1880.
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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
George Eliot (1819–1880)
- — Born near Nuneaton, Warwickshire Verified
- — Moved to Coventry and joined freethinking circles Verified
- — Published translation of Strauss's Life of Jesus Verified
- — Became assistant editor of the Westminster Review Verified
- — Began life partnership with George Henry Lewes Verified
- — Published Adam Bede, her first full-length novel Verified
- — Published The Mill on the Floss Verified
- — Published Middlemarch in eight parts Verified
- — Married John Walter Cross Verified
- — Died in London Verified