Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Known for

In Memoriam A.H.H., The Charge of the Light Brigade

Biography

English Poet Laureate for over 40 years under Queen Victoria, whose work captured the scientific doubts and public grief of the Victorian age.

A well-known line

"'Tis better to have loved and lost / Than never to have loved at all."

Major works

• In Memoriam A.H.H.
• The Charge of the Light Brigade
• Ulysses