Victorian writer of the elegiac poem In Memoriam (8)

(Other definitions for tennyson that I've seen before include "Alfred Lord . . . . . . . . great poet of 'The Lady of Shalott'" , "Poet Laureate from 1850 to 1892" , "Give Sonny ten for the odd old poet" , "English nineteenth century poet (Maud)" , "Poet, author of "The Lady of Shalott"" .)