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1774 – 1843Robert Southey (1774-1843)Died 21 March 1843, aged 68Robert Southey was an English Romantic poet, one of the Lake Poets, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. He is also remembered for writing the best-known version of the story of the three bears.