What is the origin of the name Tennyson?
1: English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Tenny (see Tenney) + -son. Both Tennyson and Tenney seem to have originated in the Holderness region of east Yorkshire. This name has been [...]
Class-book of English literature, with biographical sketches, critical notices, and illustrative extracts
...day stands the name of Alfred Tennyson, the successor of Wordsworth in the laureateship. Amongst the more salient excellences of... (United States - 1813)
...day stands the name of Alfred Tennyson, the successor of Wordsworth in the laureateship. Amongst the more salient excellences of... (United States - 1813)
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Class-book of English literature, with biographical sketches, critical notices, and illustrative extracts
... ALFRED TENNYSON.... (United States - 1813)
... ALFRED TENNYSON.... (United States - 1813)
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Class-book of English literature, with biographical sketches, critical notices, and illustrative extracts
What is the origin of the name Tennyson?
1: English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Tenny (see Tenney) + -son. Both Tennyson and Tenney seem to have originated in the Holderness region of east Yorkshire. This name has been [...]