Browning, Robert (1812-1889)

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Birth Date

1812-05-07

Death Date

1889-12-12

Birthplace

Camberwell, England

Biographical Text

Robert Browning was a Victorian poet and playwright. By the age of twelve Browning had written a book of poetry. He destroyed it, however, because he could not find a publisher for it. Not taking to private school, he was educated privately in his home by a tutor. When he was sixteen he studied Greek at University College London, but he stayed only a year. He then dedicated himself to his poetry, writing while living with his parents until the age of thirty-four, when he married. Until then, his poems were published through his father's sponsorship. In 1833 Browning's first poem, "Pauline, a Fragment of a Confession," was published anonymously. The poem gained much praise and attention, though also some criticism. In 1835, Browning published Paracelsus, which opened the literary doors for him. He then met Macready, who had him write a play, leading to the creation of Strafford. He wrote numerous other plays and poems afterward, including Bells and Pomegranates no. 1-7, Men and Women, and The Ring and the Book.

In 1845, Browning met Elizabeth Barrett, They had one child together, Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning. Barett died in 1889.

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Playwright

Poet

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Sciancalepore, Victoria

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1905

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Robert Browning, Academy of American Poets

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“Browning, Robert (1812-1889),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed August 5, 2025, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/1766.

Browning, Robert (1812-1889)

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Problems of Municipal Administration, January 1905

Address to the Women's Trade Union League Meeting, March 26, 1905 (excerpt)

Problems of Municipal Administration, 1906

Jessie Goldner to Jane Addams, February 28, 1906

Jane Addams's Own Story of Her Work: How the Work at Hull-House Has Grown (Third of Three Installments), May 1906

Autobiographical Notes upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: The Snare of Preparation, May 1910

Woman and the State, February 2-14, 1911

Why Women Should Vote, March 30, 1911

Walter Rauschenbusch to Jane Addams, February 22, 1915

Address at the dedication of the Jenkin Lloyd Jones Chair of English Literature at Lincoln Memorial University, May 13, 1920 (Excerpts)

Selections For Use in First Annual Prince of Peace Declamation Contest, ca. July 1926

Two Bunker Hills, November 1926

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