- Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets
| Born: | 21 October 1772 Comment | | When did Samuel Taylor Coleridge die? / Died | 25 July 1834 | | How many years did Samuel Taylor Coleridge live? / Lived | 61 years | | Zodiac sign: | Libra |
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge facts
- He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria
- His critical work, especially on Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture
- Coleridge coined many familiar words and phrases, including suspension of disbelief
- He was a major influence on Emerson and American transcendentalism
- Throughout his adult life Coleridge had crippling bouts of anxiety and depression; it has been speculated that he had bipolar disorder, which had not been defined during his lifetime
- He was physically unhealthy, which may have stemmed from a bout of rheumatic fever and other childhood illnesses
- He was treated for these conditions with laudanum, which fostered a lifelong opium addiction
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