Samuel Taylor Coleridge Biography

Samuel Taylor Coleridge biography

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NAME: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
OCCUPATION: Philosopher, Literary Critic, Poet
BIRTH DATE: October 21, 1772
DEATH DATE: July 25, 1834
EDUCATION: University of Cambridge

PLACE OF BIRTH: Ottery St. Mary, England
PLACE OF DEATH: Highgate, England

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, most famous for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and helping found the Romantic Movement.

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, most famous for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. He and is friend William Wordsworth founded the Romantic Movement in England. His critical literary work on Shakespeare was widely influential, and he coined several familiar phrases, including "suspension of disbelief." Throughout his life he self-medicated his bouts of depression with opium.