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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.
Thomas Hood was an English poet, journalist, and humorist whose humanitarian verses, such as “The Song of the Shirt” (1843), served as models for a whole school of social-protest poets, not only in Britain and the United States but in Germany and Russia, where he was widely translated.
An editor, publisher, poet, and humorist, Thomas Hood was born in London, the son of a bookseller. After his father died in 1811, Hood worked in a countinghouse until illness forced him to move to Dundee, Scotland, to recover with relatives.
Thomas Hood was an English humorist, poet, and journalist who plied his craft in the Victorian era. He was linked to a number of fellow great poets with his involvement in the London literary scene. Many modern critics and scholars have labeled Hood as ‘the finest English poet’ between the periods of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Alfred Lord Tennyson.
An editor, publisher, poet, and humorist, Thomas Hood was born in London, the son of a bookseller. After his father died in 1811, Hood worked in a countinghouse until illness forced him to move to Dundee, Scotland, to recover with relatives. In 1818 he returned...
‘I Remember, I Remember’ is, along with ‘The Song of the Shirt’, Thomas Hood’s best-loved poem. Although much of the rest of his work is not now much read or remembered, ‘I Remember, I Remember’ has a special place in countless readers’ hearts.
Thomas Hood, a poet, journalist, and humorist, was born in London’s Poultry section, now the city’s financial center, on May 23, 1799, to Elizabeth (née Sands) and Thomas Hood Sr., a London-based bookseller.
