Short answers, pulled from the story.
William Wordsworth was born on the 7th of April 1770 in the small town of Cockermouth within the Lake District of northwestern England. He grew up in the rugged landscape of the Lake District with his sister Dorothy after his mother died in 1778.
William Wordsworth had a daughter named Caroline with Annette Vallon in 1792. He provided financial support for Caroline throughout her life, settling £30 a year on her until 1835.
William Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads in 1798 with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This collection launched the Romantic Age in English poetry by rejecting ornate diction in favor of the ordinary language of common people.
William Wordsworth was appointed Poet Laureate on the 4th of October 1843 following the death of Robert Southey. He accepted the position only after Prime Minister Robert Peel assured him that no official verses would be required.
William Wordsworth died on the 23rd of April 1850 from pleurisy. His death marked the end of an era, but his legacy endured with The Prelude finally published by his wife Mary.