St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-08-11
TENNYSoN CENTENARY.
Notable Events In the Career of tn,
Great English Poet.


Lord Alfred Tennyson. England's
famous poet laureate, who was born
100 years ago. told his son Hallam that
Mt eight he had written "rhomsonian
blank verse in praise of flowers and
at ten and eleven. under the spell of
&hpe's Homer hundreds and hun
dreds of lines in the regular Pompeian
meter and a little later an epic of
5000 lines after the pattern Of Scott.
Tennyson's Life.
1S09-(Aug. g. Born, the fourth of twelve
children. to the Rev. George Tennyson,
rector, of Somersby, Lincolnshire.
1S16-To school at Louth flor four years
How | hated itp').
1820-Studying with his father, enjoying
the run of a library more various and
stimulating than the average country
rectory could boast
182S-(February) MatricJlated at Trinity.
Cambridge, where he made many ia
nous friends, showed much interest in
questions of the day, though leaving
reputation as a poor scholar and
without a degree February, 1881.
1S30-In this and the two following years
Henry Hallam, who died suddenly at
Vienna. Sept. Is, 1888
1833-For nine years LAY fallow." writing
little and publishing nothing. living at
Somersby, in Epping forest, at Tun
bridge Wells and Maidstone.
1842-"Arrived" with his third collection of
poems; elected to the Anonymous
club welcomed at Bath House and one
Of the Holland House circle
1845-(September) Pensioned by Peel with
G200 a year.
1S50-Succeeded Wordsworth as poet laure-
ate, twenty-trst in the line Of Chaucer
and Spenser, Jonson and Dryden. The
post was first offered Samuel Rogers,
but he declined on the score of his
age, eighty-seven.
1850-(June 49, Married at Shiplake church
to Emily Sellwood after courtship Of
nearly a score of years.
1S55-(June) Honored with an Oxford D.
c. l..
1S60-From this year almost to the close
of his life the poet spent from one to
five of every twelve months in travel.
1862-(ApriD His first interview with Queen
Victoria. CHer journal carries this
characteristic record: After luncheon
saw the great poet Tennyson in dear
est Albert's room for nearly an hour,
and most interesting it was Asked
him to sit DOWN.
186S-(April g. Shakespeare's birthday
Laid the foundation stone for AID
WORTH" near Haslemere, Surrey.
1S69-Made honorary fellow of Trinity col
lege. Cambridge.
18S4-(January) Made Baron Tennyson"
by Gladstone, having twice earlier ca
and '74) refused the honor.
1SS6-(ApriD Death of Lionel Tennyson.
18S9-In this year, after the news OF
Browning's death. the laureate seemed
to lose much of his keen interest in
life and till his death lived more quiet
ly than ever walking much. visiting a
few friends, dabbling with water COL
ors and reading Jane Austen.
1S92-(Oct g. Died.
1S92-(Oct. 12 Buried in the abbey beside
Browning and before the tomb OF
Chaucer, with "Cymbeline" laid in his
dead hands. Westminster's nave was
lined by men from the Balaklava
Light brigade, and the pallbearers
were the Duke of Argyll, Lords Duff
FERN, Selborne. Salisbury, Rosebery
and Kelvin. Sir James Paget, Dr. But
Ter of Trinity, DIR. Jowett. the histori-
ans Froude and Lecky and the United
States minister, Robert T. Lincoln.