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Matthew Arnold1822-1888 ;Matthew Arnold was a major Victorian poet, the principal English literary critic of his generation, an important commentator on society and culture, and an effective government official. ;A Chronology of Arnold 1822??????? Born at Laleham on the upper Thames, to Thomas Arnold, a young clergyman. His father will be known as a prominent educator and historian, and as a leader in the Broad Church movement of the Church of England. ;1828??????? Moves to Rugby School, where his father became headmaster in 1821. His fathers fame is spreading as an educational reformer. ;1833??????? His father builds a summer cottage in the Lake Country, where Matthew makes friends with neighbors Dorothy and William Wordsworth. 1842??????? His father dies. ;1844??????? Takes second honors at Balliol College, Oxford. His Rugby friends are dismayed, as he was expected to take first honors. 1844 ??????? Takes a year-long post at Rugby, as an assistant teacher, or classical undermaster. ;1846??????? Redeems himself in eyes of his friends by election to a one-year fellowship at Oriel College, Oxford. 1847??????? Appointed as private secretary to Lord Landsdowne, a liberal peer. ;1849??????? Publishes first volume of verse, The Strayed Reveller and other Poems. 1851 ??????? Marries Frances Lucy Wightman, daughter of an eminent judge. In order to support his family, he takes a job as an inspector of schools, a position he will hold for thirty-five years. ;1852??????? Publishes second volume of verse, Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. Both volumes are eventually withdrawn from circulation. ;1853??????? Publishes Poems with his famous preface, Arnolds first important critical essay, in which he introduces the principle that a significant focus of criticism should be the works effect on the emotional and moral health of the reader and the nation. ;1855??????? Publishes Poems, Second Series. 1857??????? Becomes professor of poetry at Oxford, a position he wil