Birth date: 
1812
Death date: 
1889
Birth town: 
London
Country: 
England

The son of Robert Browning, a Bank of England clerk, and Sarah Anna Wiedemann, of Scottish-German descent, Browning received little formal education. His learning was gleaned mainly from his Father's library at home in Camberwell, South London, where he learnt something, with his Father's help, of Latin and Greek and also read Shelly, Byron and Keats. Though he attended lectures at the University of London in 1828, Browning left after only one session.

Apart from a visit to St Petersburg in 1834 and two visits to Italy in 1838 and 1844, Browning lived with his parents in London until his marriage of 1846. It was during this period that most of the plays and the earlier poems were written and, excepting Strafford, published at his family's expense.

After the secretly held marriage to Elizabeth Barrett in 1846, Browning and wife travelled to Italy where they were, apart from brief holidays in France and England, to spend most of their married life together. In 1849 the couple had a son, Robert 'Pen' Browning, and it was Elizabeth who, during this time, was most productive. After her death in 1861, Browning returned to England with his son, where he achieved popular acclaim for his Dramatis Personae and The Ring and the Book.

He spent the remainder of his life, excepting holidays in France, Scotland, Italy and Switzerland, in London where he wrote a number of dramatic poems, the two series of Dramatic Idylls (1879,1880) and poems on primarily classical subjects: Balaustion's Adventure (1871) and Aristophone's Apology (1875).

He died in Venice whilst holidaying in 1889 and was buried at Westminster Abbey.

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Another Way Of Love 31 May 2013
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Any Wife To Any Husband 31 May 2013
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Apollo and the Fates 19 May 2014
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Apparent Failure 31 July 2013
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Apparitions 31 July 2013
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Appearances 19 May 2014
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Arcades Ambo 19 May 2014
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Artemis Prologizes 29 November 2013
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At the " Mermaid " 5 September 2014
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Bad Dreams I 19 May 2014
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