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Also known as T. H.

British writer; (1799-1845)

Person · Open Library

Born
1835
Died
1874
Works
46

Top works

  • Quips and cranks
  • Jingles and jokes for the little folks
  • Merry thoughts
  • The days of chivalry
  • Half-hours with Great Humorists

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1799
Active to
1845

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,540
Total plays
19,252

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Thomas Hood (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845) was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor. He was born in London to Thomas Hood and Elizabeth Sands in the Poultry (Cheapside) above his father's bookshop. Hood's paternal family had been Scottish farmers from the village of Errol near Dundee. The Elder Hood was a partner in the business of Verner, Hood, and Sharp, and was a member of the Associated booksellers. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Thomas+H

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Quotes

  • His death which happened in his berth,At forty-odd befell:They went and told the sexton, andThe sexton tolled the bell.
  • I remember, I rememberThe house where I was born,The little window where the sunCame peeping in at morn;He never came a wink too soonNor brought too long a day;But now, I often wish the nightHad borne my breath away.
  • I remember, I rememberThe fir-trees dark and high;I used to think their slender topsWere close against the sky:It was a childish ignorance,But now 'tis little joyTo know I'm farther off from HeavenThan when I was a boy.
  • And there is ev'n a happinessThat makes the heart afraid!
  • There's not a string attuned to mirthBut has its chord in melancholy.
  • But evil is wrought by want of thought,As well as want of heart.

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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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date of death
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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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Article

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).

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