Southey, Robert

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Robert Southey (1774-1843), poet, was born at Bristol on 12 August 1774. He attended schools in Corston and Bristol before entering Westminster School in 1788, from which he was expelled in 1792 for protesting against excessive flogging. He was admitted to Balliol College, Oxford, in 1792, where he carried out private studies and did not take a degree. Southey visited Spain in 1795, and Portugal in 1800, before settling at Keswick, where he engaged in compiling and translating Spanish and Portuguese works. He contributed pieces to the Quarterly review from 1808. His poems include 'The Inchcape Rock' and 'After Blenheim'. He died at Greta Hall, Keswick, on 21 March 1843.

From the guide to the Robert Southey: Letters to Neville White and Simon Wilkin, 1824-1837, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)

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Dr Andrew Bell (1753-1832), Church of England clergyman, was a pioneer of educational reform through the Madras system and the National Society for the Education of the Poor, and the founder of Madras College, St Andrews.

Robert Southey (1774-1843) was a Romantic poet, biographer and reviewer.

From the guide to the Robert Southey, The life of Andrew Bell, 1843., 1843, 1888, (University of St Andrews)