What is Alfred, Lord Tennyson?
{{Infobox Writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] --> | name =Alfred Tennyson | image = Alfred Lord Tennyson 1869.jpg | image_size = 240px | caption =1869 Carbon print by [[Julia Margaret Cameron]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1809|8|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Somersby, Lincolnshire|Somersby]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1892|10|6|1809|8|6|df=y}} | death_place = [[Haslemere]], [[Surrey]], England | occupation = [[Poet laureate]] | resting_place = [[Westminster Abbey]] | movement = | website = }} '''Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson''', [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was [[Poet Laureate]] of the [[United Kingdom]] in the [[Victorian era]]. He remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. Tennyson was excellent at writing short lyrics like ''In the valley of Cauteretz'', ''Break, break, break'', ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (poem)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'', ''[[Tears, Idle Tears|Tears, idle tears]]'' and ''[[Crossing the Bar]]''. Much of his verse like The Lotus Eaters was based on [[classical mythology|classical]] mythological themes. Tennyson also wrote some notable [[blank verse]] including ''[[Idylls of the King]]'', ''[[Odyssey|Ulysses]]'', and ''[[Tithonus (poem)|Tithonus]]''. During his career, Tennyson attempted [[drama]], but his plays were not very successful. == Red in tooth and claw == ''[[In Memoriam A.H.H.]]'' was a poem by Tennyson, written in memory of his best friend [[Arthur Hallam]]. Hallam was a fellow poet and classmate at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. He had been engaged to Tennyson's sister, but died from a [[stroke|cerebral hemorrhage]] before they could get married. The poem was published after Tennyson had read a pro-[[evolution]] book by [[Robert Chambers]]. The [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] idea of [[Biblical inerrancy]] was in conflict with science. Tennyson expressed the difficulties evolution raised for faith in