Remarkable People

We were inspired to look more closely at some of the key figures that appear in our Little History books by an interaction with a reader on the Little History facebook page. We really liked the idea of finding out what the series has to say about all sorts of ‘remarkable people’, both heroes and villains, and we’re putting together this resource for you to explore. Whether you’re looking for help with your homework (!), or trying to fill a gap in your knowledge, Little History books and their cast of characters have plenty to offer.

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William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was an English Romantic poet, most famous for Lyrical Ballads, cowritten with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

1770 – 1850

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was an English Romantic poet. He is most famous for Lyrical Ballads, With  Few Other Poems (1798) which he co-wrote with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Wordsworth grew up in the Lake District, and it had a profound influence on him and his poetry. He went to Hawkshead Grammar School and St John’s College, Cambridge, and after leaving university he travelled to France, where the Revolution had begun. He was converted to the revolutionary cause, and in his autobiographical work, The Prelude, he recalled the hopes of a new world that the future seemed to promise. He died on the 23rd of April 1850.

Read about the poetry of William Wordsworth in A Little History of Poetry by John Carey or check out more Remarkable People from Little Histories!