A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Tennyson Turner, Charles

by John William Cousin

Tennyson Turner, Charles (1808-1879). -- Poet, elder brother of Alfred T. (q.v.), ed. at Camb., entered the Church, and became Vicar of Grasby, Lincolnshire. The name of Turner he assumed in conformity with the will of a relation. He contributed to Poems by Two Brothers, and was the author of 340 sonnets, which were greatly admired by such critics as Coleridge, Palgrave, and his brother Alfred.