NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913 NRA: Austin Alfred (1835-1913) Poet Laureate and journalist DNB: Austin, Alfred (1835–1913), poet LBT ID: AlAusti1913 VIAF ID: 3373868 LOC ID: n82158324 | B/BAP: 1835-05-20 DIED: 1913-06-02 |
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Educated at Stonyhurst College and London University, he was a poet, novelist, and
journalist who succeeded Tenneyson as poet laureate in 1896. | |