Значение слова TENNYSON в Литературной энциклопедии

TENNYSON

1) FREDERICK (1807-1898).-Poet, was the eldest _s._ of the Rector of Somersby, Lincolnshire, and brother of Alfred T. (_q.v._). _Ed._ at Eton and Camb., he passed most of his life in Italy and Jersey. He contributed to the _Poems by Two Brothers_, and produced _Days and Hours_ (lyrics) (1854), _The Isles of Greece_ (1890), _Daphne_ (1891), and _Poems of the Day and Night_ (1895). All his works show passages of genuine poetic power. 2) TENNYSON TURNER, CHARLES (1808-1879).-Poet, elder brother of Alfred T. (_q.v._), _ed._ at Camb., entered the Church, and became Vicar of Grasby, Lincolnshire. The name of Turner he assumed in conformity with the will of a relation. He contributed to _Poems by Two Brothers_, and was the author of 340 sonnets, which were greatly admired by such critics as Coleridge, Palgrave, and his brother Alfred.

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