![]() Wordsworth was taken in by his mother’s family, while Dorothy was sent to live with Elizabeth Threlkeld, Ann’s cousin, in Halifax. Following this, John Wordsworth became inconsolable and sent his children away to be raised by relatives. Wordsworth’s mother Ann died in Penrith in March 1778, possibly of pneumonia. Wordsworth had trouble with his relatives, particularly his grandparents and his uncle, which turned him further towards nature to seek solace. Wordsworth also spent time reading in Cockermouth, at his mother’s parents home in Penrith, particularly in the years of 1775-1777, where he was exposed to the moors and was influenced by his experience with the landscape. ![]() Wordsworth did not have a close relationship with his father, although he did teach him poetry, including that of Milton, Shakespeare and Spenser. John was born after Dorothy and became a poet until he died in a shipwreck in 1805, and the youngest sibling was Christopher, who became a scholar and eventually Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. His eldest brother was Robert and became a lawyer and his sister, the poet and diarist Dorothy, was born the year after him. Wordsworth was the second of five children that John and Ann had. ![]() John used his connections with the Lowther family to move into a large mansion in the small town of Cockermouth, Cumbria, in the Lake District. In 1766, John and Ann married when they were 26 and 18, respectively. ![]()
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