CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER BIOGRAPHY
CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
TENNYSON TURNER, CHARLES (1808-1879). —Poet, elder brother of Alfred T. ( q.v. ), ed. at Camb., entered the Church, and became Vicar of Grasby, Lincolnshire. The name of Turner he assumed in conformity with the will of a relation. He contributed to Poems by Two Brothers , and was the author of 340 sonnets, which were greatly admired by such critics as Coleridge, Palgrave, and his brother Alfred.