Alfred Tennyson
Also recorded as Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson · Alcibiades · A. Tennyson · Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson
Julia Margaret Cameron / Adam Cuerden · Art institute of Chicago, reference 1949.879 · Public domain
- Born
- 1809 · Somersby.
- Died
- 1892
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- poet · politician · writer
- Fields
- poetry
- Education
- Trinity College · King Edward VI Grammar School
- Known for
- The Charge of the Light Brigade · The Lady of Shalott · Idylls of the King · The Princess
- Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Society · Chancellor's Gold Medal
- Languages
- English
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Alfred Tennyson studied at Trinity College and King Edward VI Grammar School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is poetry. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Positions recorded include member of the House of Lords and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Works named in the authority record are The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Lady of Shalott, Idylls of the King and The Princess. Work by Alfred Tennyson is recorded in the collections of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and J. Paul Getty Museum. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society and Chancellor's Gold Medal.
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- 69.Crossing the bar (Charles Villiers Stanford) – ChoralWiki. www.cpdl.org.
- 70.Splendid Tears: Settings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, EM Records EMRCD087 (2024)
- 71.Reading of Elaine. Montclair Times. 5. 7 March 1914.
- 72.066.097 - What Does Little Birdie Say. A Cradle Song. Levy Music Collection. levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu.
- 73.Trevor Hold. Parry to Finzi: Twenty English Song-Composers (2002), p.12
- 74.Skyfall: Tennyson and James Bond. Farringford. 4 September 2024.
- 75.Edwards, Shanee. Top 10 Captivating Courtroom Scenes in Film. The Script Lab. 10 September 2018.
- 76.Nikolakakis, Demetra. Daniel Craig Had To Run While Injured During One Of Skyfall's Best Scenes. SlashFilm. 10 November 2022.
- 77.SKYFALL – Thomas Newman. MOVIE MUSIC UK. 21 November 2012.
- 78.Verbs (here est) frequently omitted in Latin mottos for stylistic purposes
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