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In 1829, while still at Cambridge, he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal, a recognition that preceded the publication of his first solo collection, Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, in 1830. His work as a poet and writer drew on the materials his era made available — Arthurian legend, military history, and the lyric tradition — producing notable works including The Lady of Shalott, Idylls of the King, and The Charge of the Light Brigade. Each of these operates in a different register: the mythic, the epic, and the commemorative.\n\nTennyson was a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his poetry, composed entirely in English, forms the core of his enduring record. He was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and held that position through much of Queen Victoria's reign, a tenure that placed him at the center of British cultural and public life during one of the country's most consequential periods.\n\nHe died on 6 October 1892 at Haslemere. 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