1772–1834
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English poet, literary critic and philosopher
61years old at death
22,556days lived
32%of the people on this site died younger
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born on 21 October 1772 and died on 25 July 1834, aged 61 years and 277 days. That is 22,556 days in all.
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