Robert Browning

Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him high among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings and challenging vocabulary and syntax.

7 May 1812

Born on the same birth day (7 May): Babe Parilli • Eva Perón • George E. Wiley • Martin Bryant • Mary Eliza Mahoney • Matt Helders • Michael Rosen • Nicholas Hytner • Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia • Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome • Teresa Brewer • Terry Allen (artist) • Traci Lords

Born in the same month (May 1812): Edward Lear • Robert Richard Torrens • William Henry Barlow