Robert Browning ni a bi ni Walworth ni awọn parish ti Camberwell, Surrey, eyi ti bayi je apakan ti awọn Borough of Southwark ni guusu London. O ti wa ni baptisi ni 14 June 1812, ni Lock ká Fields Independent Chapel, York Street, Walworth, awọn nikan ọmọ ti Sarah Anna (née Wiedemann) ati Robert Browning. Baba rẹ wà kan daradara-san clerk fun Bank of England, jo'gun nipa £ 150 fun odun kan.
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