Felicia Hemans
Sign in to saveAlso known as Felicia Dorothea Browne, Felicia Dorotea Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Hemans, Mrs. Hemans, Felicia (Dorothea) Hemans
English poet (1793-1835)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1793-09-25 ) 25 September 1793, Liverpool , Lancashire , England
- Died
- 16 May 1835 (1835-05-16) (aged 41), Dublin , County Dublin , Ireland
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- Welsh, English, British
- Period
- Late Romantic
- Genre
- Poetry
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Felicia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Place of death
- Dublin
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- poetry
- Image
- Felicia Hemans 2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1793-01-01
- date of death
- 1835-01-01
- Commons category
- Felicia Hemans
- Commons Creator page
- Felicia Hemans
- birth name
- Felicia Dorothea Browne
- ethnic group
- English people
- cause of death
- edema
- name in native language
- Felicia Dorothea Hemans
- writing language
- English language
- described at URL
- lib-ebook.colorado.edu/sca/specialcollections/wprp/033.htm
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Felicia Hemans, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet (who identified as Welsh by adoption). Regarded as the leading female poet of her day, Hemans was immensely popular during her lifetime in both England and the United States, and was second only to Lord Byron in terms of sales. Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic status.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Felicia Hemans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.