Portrait of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Romantic

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1772 – 1834

English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772–1834)

  • Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • British
  • Romanticism
  • Lake Poets
  • Literary Theory
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About

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd.

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1772 – 1834
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