Thomas Hood | |
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| Born | 23 May 1799 London, England |
| Died | 3 May 1845 (aged 45) London, England |
| Occupation | poet, author |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1820s–1840s |
| Genre | Poetry, fiction |
| Spouse | Jane Hood (née Reynolds) |
| Children | Tom Hood Frances Freeling Broderip |
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.[1] Hood was the father of the playwright and humorist Tom Hood (1835–1874)[2] and the children's writer Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878).
- ^ Rossetti, W. M. Biographical Introduction, The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood. (London, 1903).
- ^ Howes, Craig (2004). "Hood, Thomas [Tom] [known as Thomas Hood the younger] (1835–1874), humorist and journal editor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13682. Retrieved 2 January 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)