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Leigh Hunt
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Leigh Hunt, born James Henry Leigh Hunt in Southgate in 1784, was an English journalist, poet, autobiographer, and literary critic. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and held citizenship in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Hunt wrote in English and also spoke Italian. He died in Putney in 1859 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.
His literary output includes works such as *Amyntas*, *Stories from the Italian Poets*, and *Table-Talk*. He also authored *The town its memorable characters and events St.Paul to St. Jame's* and *An Answer To The Question What Is Poetry Including Remarks On Versification*. Hunt’s archives are held at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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- Works
- 148
Top works
- Amyntas
- Stories from the Italian Poets
- Autobiography of Leigh Hunt, with Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries, and with Thornton Hunt's Introduction and Postscript; Volume 1
- Autobiography of Leigh Hunt, with Reminiscences of Friends and Contemporaries, and with Thornton Hunt's Introduction and Postscript; Volume 2
- The autobiography of Leigh Hunt, with reminiscences of friends and contemporaries, and with Thornton Hunt's introduction and postscript
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Key facts
- Born
- James Henry Leigh Hunt , ( 1784-10-19 ) 19 October 1784, Southgate , London , England
- Died
- 28 August 1859 (1859-08-28) (aged 74), Putney , London, England
- Burial place
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- Education
- Christ's Hospital , Newgate Street, London
- Spouse
- Marianne Kent ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1808 ; died 1857 )
- Children
- 10, including Thornton Leigh Hunt
- Relatives
- John Hunt (brother) Robert Hunt (brother) Elizabeth Kent (sister-in-law) Chandos Leigh Hunt Wallace (grand-niece)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Hunt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Southgate
- Place of death
- Putney
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Christ's Hospital
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Image
- James Henry Leigh Hunt by Samuel Laurence.jpg
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- place of burial
- Kensal Green Cemetery
- date of birth
- 1784-01-01
- date of death
- 1859-08-28
- Commons category
- Leigh Hunt
- birth name
- James Henry Leigh Hunt
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- ethnic group
- English people
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.
Hunt co-founded The Examiner, a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles, with his brother John Hunt. He was the centre of the Hampstead-based group that included William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb, known as the "Hunt circle". Hunt also introduced John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson to the public.
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