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Charles Tennyson Turner (4 July 1808 – 25 April 1879) was an English poet. Born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, he was an elder brother of Alfred Tennyson; his friendship and the "heart union" with his greater brother is revealed in ''Poems by Two Brothers'' (1829). Another poet brother was Frederick Tennyson. In 1833, Charles was ordained a priest in the Church of England. On 1 October 1835, he changed his surname to Turner after inheriting the estate of his great-uncle, the Reverend Samuel Turner of Caistor in Lincolnshire. On 24 May 1836, he married Louisa Sellwood, the younger sister of Alfred's future wife; she later suffered from mental illness and became an opium addict. Charles died on 25 April 1879, at the age of 70, at 6 Imperial Square in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.〔(W. H. Auden - 'Family Ghosts' - Rev. Charles Turner [formerly Tennyson] (I10561) )〕 Turner was key in the construction of Grasby, a small village on the outskirts of Caistor. He help construct part of the school (Grasby School) and was the reverend of Grasby Church for a while. ==Published Works== * ''Sonnets'' (1864) * ''Small Tableaux'' (1868) * ''Sonnets, Lyrics and Translations'' (1873) * ''Collected Poems'' (1880, 8 months after death), assembled by Alfred and Hallam Tennyson, and James Spedding 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Tennyson Turner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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