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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Author · born October 21, 1772 · died 1834

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth.

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  1. ~26Notable work: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner1798
  2. ~26Notable work: Lyrical Ballads1798
  3. ~44Notable work: Kubla Khan1816

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