Charles Tennyson Turner (4 July 1808 – 25 April 1879) was an
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Charles Tennyson Turner (4 July 1808 – 25 April 1879) was an
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
poet.
Born in
SomersbySomersby may refer to:*Somersby, Lincolnshire, England*Somersby, New South Wales, Australia...
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LincolnshireLincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire. It also borders Northamptonshire for just 19 metres, England's shortest county boundary...
, he was an elder brother of Alfred Tennyson; his friendship and "heart union" with his greater brother is revealed in
Poems by Two Brothers. He married Louisa Sellwood, the younger sister of Alfred's future wife; another poet brother was
Frederick TennysonFrederick Tennyson , poet, was the eldest son of the Rectorof Somersby, Lincolnshire, and brother of Alfred Tennyson. Educated atEton College and Cambridge, he passed most of his life in Italy and Jersey....
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