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William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
This article was written by Leslie Stephen and was published in 1900
William Wordsworth, poet, son of John Wordsworth, was born at Cockermouth, Cumberland, on 7 April 1770.
The poet's grandfather, Richard Wordsworth (1680?-1762), descendant of a family which had been settled for many generations at Penistone, near Sheffield, bought an estate at Sockbridge, near Penrith. His eldest son, also Richard (d.
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1794), became collector of customs at Whitehaven. His daughter Anne married Thomas Myers, vicar of Lazonby, Cumberland . His second son, John (1741-1783), the poet's father, was an attorney at C