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Events on Tuesday 23 April 1850 1
1770 – 1850William Wordsworth (1770-1850)Died 23 April 1850, aged 80Wordsworth was a founder of English Romanticism and served as Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death. His autobiographical poem The Prelude was published posthumously the same year. He had been the dominant figure in British poetry for over three decades.