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Leigh Hunt
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James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) was a British journalist, poet, autobiographer, and literary critic. Born in Southgate, he was educated at Christ's Hospital and wrote in English and Italian. Hunt is the author of 148 works, including *Amyntas*, *Stories from the Italian Poets*, *The town its memorable characters and events St.Paul to St. Jame's*, *Table-Talk*, and *An Answer To The Question What Is Poetry Including Remarks On Versification*.
His papers are held in the archives at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Hunt died in Putney and is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery. He is described in the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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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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