Alfred, Lord Tennyson vs Walt Whitman
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) and Walt Whitman (1819–1892) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1819 to 1892.
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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
Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
- — Born in West Hills, Long Island, New York Verified
- — Family moved to Brooklyn Verified
- — Began work as a printer's apprentice Verified
- — Worked as journalist and newspaper editor Verified
- — Self-published the first edition of Leaves of Grass Verified
- — Moved to Washington and volunteered in Civil War hospitals Verified
- — Published Drum-Taps and elegies for Lincoln Verified
- — Suffered a paralytic stroke and moved to Camden, New Jersey Verified
- — Died in Camden, New Jersey Verified