Born, April 7, 1770, at Cockermouth, Cumberland.
Goes to Hawkshead Grammar School, 1778.
Sent by guardians to St. John's College, Cambridge, October, 1787.
Foreign tour with Jones, 1790.
Graduates as B.A. without honors, January, 1791.
Residence in France, November, 1791, to December, 1792.
Publication of The Evening Walk, and Descriptive Sketches, 1793.
Legacy from Raisley Calvert of 900 pounds, 1794.
Lives at Racedown, Dorsetshire, autumn of 1795 to summer of 1797.
Composes The Borderers, a tragedy, 1795-1796.