Algernon Swinburne

Novelist, Author

1837 – 1909

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Who was Algernon Swinburne?

Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels, and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in every year from 1903 to 1907 and again in 1909.

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Born
Apr 5, 1837
London
Also known as
  • Algernon Charles Swinburne
  • Charles Swinburne
  • Algernon Charles Swinburne
Religion
  • Atheism
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • Eton College
  • Balliol College
Died
Apr 10, 1909
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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