Robert Browning

On May 7, 1812, Robert Browning was born to Robert and Sarah Browning in a small English suburb, Camberwell. Like Elizabeth, Robert was an accomplished youth and spent most of his time reading and  by age 14, he knew Latin, Greek, Italian and French. He attened the University of London but withdrew from the school in order to learn at his own pace. He began his writing career by trying to write his own stage dramas, however, he was unsuccessful. After this, began pick apart existing plays, taking one character and molding him/her into one that often resembled Robert himself. This form of writing became known as dramatic monologue. This new form of writing did not earn him popularity with Victorian critics and it was only with the publishing of a series of pamphlets called Bells and Pomegranates that his career began to be looked at with favor rather than criticism. Robert's major works include Paracelsus, Sordello, The Ring and The Book along with various assortments of published poems. In 1845, Robert Browning began to become familiar with Elizabeth Barrett's works of poetry and resolved to meet her. After a short courtship, Robert and Elizabeth married (against the wishes of her father) and eloped to Italy where Elizabeth gave birth to their son Robert Weidemann Barrett Browning.
Although Robert's works never reached the popularity of his wife's during her lifetime, they quickly began to gain momentum. He continued publishing his writing twenty years after her death and became known as one of the greatest poets of his time (along with Tennyson). Robert Browning died in 1889 and is now buried in in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abby.