Robert Barrett Browning

Robert Barrett Browning
"Pen" Browning as a boy
Born
Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning

(1849-03-09)9 March 1849
Died8 July 1912(1912-07-08) (aged 63)
SpouseFannie Coddington (m. 1887)
Parents

Robert Wiedeman Barrett Browning, known as Pen Browning, (9 March 1849 – 8 July 1912) was an English painter. His career was moderately successful, but he is better known as the son and heir of the celebrated English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, of whose manuscripts and memorabilia he built up a substantial collection. He also bought and restored the Baroque palace Ca' Rezzonico in Venice.