'''William Wordsworth''' (Cockermouth April 7, 1770 – Rydal Mount April 23, 1850) was an [[English]] poet. He was born in 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the English Lake District. His mother died when he was eight, and his father died when he was fourteen. Wordsworth first attended Hawkshead Grammar School in Westmorland, a boarding school that emphasized the teaching of mathematics and classics. He later attended [[Cambridge University]], spending four months in 1790 on a walking tour across [[Europe]]. While in France, he became a fervent republican sympathizer. | '''William Wordsworth''' (Cockermouth April 7, 1770 – Rydal Mount April 23, 1850) was an [[English]] poet. He was born in 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the English Lake District. His mother died when he was eight, and his father died when he was fourteen. Wordsworth first attended Hawkshead Grammar School in Westmorland, a boarding school that emphasized the teaching of mathematics and classics. He later attended [[Cambridge University]], spending four months in 1790 on a walking tour across [[Europe]]. While in France, he became a fervent republican sympathizer. |