Born: 21 October 1772 · Died: 25 July 1834 · Age at death: 61
How old was Samuel Taylor Coleridge when he died?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge died aged 61. He was born on 21 October 1772 and died on 25 July 1834.
English Romantic poet of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan who co-wrote Lyrical Ballads with Wordsworth
Did you know?He suffered from chronic pain and became a lifelong addict to opium, which influenced some of his most surreal writing.
Quick facts
Date of birth21 October 1772
Date of death25 July 1834
Age at death61
Cause of deathHeart failure
NationalityBritish
BirthplaceOttery St Mary, United Kingdom
Occupationpoet, philosopher, theologian
Editor's Take:
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the founders of English Romanticism. With William Wordsworth he published Lyrical Ballads in 1798. His poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is haunting and strange. Kubla Khan came to him, he said, in an opium dream. He was also a brilliant critic and talker. Illness and addiction troubled his life. His ideas about imagination still shape how we read poetry.
Key Milestones
1798: Lyrical Ballads with Wordsworth
1798: Ancient Mariner – poem
1816: Kubla Khan – published
1817: Biographia Literaria – criticism
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( KOH-lə-rij; 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's birthday is October 21. He was born on October 21, 1772 in Ottery St Mary, United Kingdom.
How old was Samuel Taylor Coleridge when he died?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge died on July 25, 1834, aged 61.
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