William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770[1], in Cockermouth[2]. He died on April 23, 1850[3], in Rydal Mount[4]. He worked as a poet[5], lyricist[6], and writer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.53% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,277 views/month, #5,325 of 1,000,298).[8]
William Wordsworth has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] He is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]
He has been cited as an influence by Lord Byron[47], a poet[48], 1788–1824[49], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[50], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[51], specialised in performing arts[52]; Robert Frost[53], a poet[54], 1874–1963[55], of United States[56], awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry[57]; Dorothy L. Sayers[58], a writer[59], 1893–1957[60], of United Kingdom[61], specialised in poetry[62]; Seamus Heaney[63], a playwright[64], 1939–2013[65], of Ireland[66], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[67], specialised in poetry[68]; Wilfred Owen[69], a writer[70], 1893–1918[71], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[72], awarded the Military Cross[73]; and Jones Very[74], a poet[75], 1813–1880[76], of United States[77], awarded the Bowdoin prize[78].
Works attributed to him include I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud[79], a literary work[80]; Lyrical Ballads[81], a literary work[82], written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge[83]; The Prelude[84]; Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey[85]; Ode: Intimations of Immortality[86]; and Lucy Gray[87].
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William Wordsworth's place of birth was Cockermouth[2].
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