Alfred was born at Somersby in Lincolnshire, the fourth of many children of the Reverend Dr George Tennyson and Elizabeth (Fytche). He was educated at Louth and Trinity College, Cambridge. In Memoriam ...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson was one of the most important poets ... In 1850 Tennyson published In Memoriam AHH. The poem was dedicated to his late friend Arthur Hallam. It was a favourite of Queen ...