Comment on Half of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey finds
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 year agoI’d heard of Coleridge. Victorian poet and friend of Mary Shelley and Lord Byron. He wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which Iron Maiden covered some years later.
Emperor@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Iron Maiden might be a bit surprised to hear that.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Oooooooops.
Emperor@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I may have thought “Coleridge was black?” and then Googled it to find out. If you are going to get anyone confused it’s probably be Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.