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John Keats
English poet Date of Birth: Country: Great Britain |
Biography of John Keats
John Keats, the youngest of the major English Romantic poets, was born on October 31, , in Finsbury, North London.
He was the eldest son of T. Keats, a stable worker who later became its manager after marrying the owner's daughter. Keats had three brothers (one of whom died in infancy) and a sister. His father died in April , and his mother remarried shortly after, leaving the children under the care of their maternal grandmother.
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Keats' mother died of tuberculosis in , which eventually claimed the lives of all her sons.
From to , Keats attended school in the neighboring town of Enfield. In , he became an apprentice to a surgeon for four years. During this time, his interest in poetry grew, and he wrote his first poem in In , he passed his exams to become a licensed physician and pharmacist, but it was also the year that marked his emergence as a poet.
In May, Keats published hi