Comment on Half of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey finds
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 years 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 2 years ago
Iron Maiden might be a bit surprised to hear that.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 2 years ago
Oooooooops.
Emperor@feddit.uk 2 years 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.