Robert Southey

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Robert Southey
Robert Southey (1774–1843), Aged 31, John Opie
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
In office 12 August 1813 – 21 March 1843
Monarchs	George III George IV William IV Victoria
Preceded by	Henry James Pye
Succeeded by	William Wordsworth
Personal details
Born	(1774-08-12)12 August 1774 Bristol, England
Died	21 March 1843(1843-03-21) (aged 68) London, England
Spouses	Edith Fricker (1795–1838; her death) Caroline Anne Bowles (1839–1843; his death)
Education	Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation	Poet, historian, biographer and essayist

Robert Southey (/ˈsaʊði/ or /ˈsʌði/;^[a] 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a radical but became steadily more conservative as he gained respect for Britain and its institutions. Other romantics such as Byron accused him of siding with the establishment for money and status. He is remembered especially for the poem "After Blenheim" and the original version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".
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