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Alfred Tennyson, 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 , much better known as Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victorias reign and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson, Browning and Arnold are generally called “The Big Three” of Victorian poets. Among them, Tennyson was the most popular and gained the title of “poet of the people”. His reputation remained high until his death, declined in the early 20th century, and its rightly very high today. Education and first publication? Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, a rectors son and fourth of 12 children. He derived from a middle-class line of Tennyson, but also had a noble and royal ancestry. Tennyson and two of his elder brothers were writing poetry in their teens, and a collection of poems by all three were published locally when Alfred was only 17. He entered?Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1827, where he joined a secret society called the?Cambridge Apostles.?At Cambridge Tennyson met?Arthur Henry Hallam, who became his closest friend. His first publication was a collection of his boyish rhymes and those of his elder brother Charles entitled?Poems by Two Brothers?published in 1827. In 1829 he was awarded the?Chancellors Gold Medal?at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, Timbuctoo. He published his first solo collection of poems,?Poems Chiefly Lyrical?in 1830. Although decried by some critics as overly sentimental, his verse soon proved popular and brought Tennyson to the attention of well-known writers of the day Return to Lincolnshire and second publication In the spring of 1831, Tennysons father died, requiring him to leave?Cambridge?before taking his degree. He returned to the rectory, where he was permitted to live for another six years, and shared responsibility for his widowed mother and the family.?Arthur Hallam?came to stay with his family during the summer and became engaged to Tennysons sister. In 1833 Tennyson publ