Robert Browning (1812-1889) My Last Duchess LINKS The Browning Page http://fmc.utm.edu/~geverett/465/rb.htm This site contains links to "hypermedia treatments" (text, images, and information) of six of Browning's poems. BIOGRAPHY Robert Browning (1812–1889) Born in London, Browning attended a private school and was later tutored at home. After one year as a student of Greek at the University of London, he moved with his family to Hatcham, where he studied, wrote poetry, and practiced writing for the theater. In 1845, he began exchanging poems and letters with the already famous poet Elizabeth Barrett; they eloped in 1846. They moved to Italy, where Browning completed most of his work. When Elizabeth died in 1861, he returned to England and began to establish his own reputation. He is noted especially for his fine dramatic monologues in which a wide range of characters reveals the complexity of human belief and passion. His many volumes of poetry include Dramatis Personae (1864) and The Ring and the Book (1868–1869).