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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1799-05-23 ) 23 May 1799, London , England
- Died
- 3 May 1845 (1845-05-03) (aged 45), London , England
- Occupation
- Poet and author
- Nationality
- British
- Period
- 1820s–1840s
- Genre
- Poetry and fiction
- Spouse
- Jane Reynolds ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 5 May 1824</span>"}]]}'>1824 )
- Children
- Tom Hood , Frances Freeling Broderip
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- essayist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- satire
- Image
- Hours of exercise in the Alps (IA hoursofexercisei00tyndiala).pdf
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- Commons category
- Thomas Hood
- date of birth
- 1799-01-01
- date of death
- 1845-01-01
- Commons gallery
- Thomas Hood
- archives at
- Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- ethnic group
- English people
- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Hood
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Cochlospermum religiosum
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Thomas Hood, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845) was an English poet, author and humorist , best known for poems such as "The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, Athenaeum, and Punch. He later published a magazine largely consisting of his own works. Hood, never robust, had lapsed into invalidism by the age of 41 and died at the age of 45. William Michael Rossetti in 1903 called him "the finest English poet" between the generations of Shelley and Tennyson. Hood was the father of the playwright and humorist Tom Hood (1835–1874) and the children's writer Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878).
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Hood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.