Alfred, Lord Tennyson vs Richard Francis Burton
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) and Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 69 years, from 1821 to 1890.
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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
Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890)
- — Born in Torquay, Devon, England Verified
- — Entered Trinity College, Oxford, and was later expelled Verified
- — Joined the East India Company army in India Verified
- — Made the pilgrimage to Mecca in disguise Verified
- — Reached Lake Tanganyika with John Hanning Speke Verified
- — Entered the British consular service Verified
- — Married Isabel Arundell Verified
- — Appointed British consul in Trieste Verified
- — Published his translation of the One Thousand and One Nights Verified
- — Died in Trieste, Austria-Hungary Verified