Browning

Robert, one of the sreatest of the Victorian "aged born in Camber well, England, May 7, 1812, His father, who was a clerk in a bank, had the boy educated in a school at Peckham, after which he attended lectures at University College. At the age of 20 he traveled on the Continent and resided for some time in Italy, where he made diligent study of its medisval history. In 1846 he married Elizabeth Barrett, and settled with her in Florence, where they remained for nearly 15 years.