Gerard Manley Hopkins

English poet (1844-1889) · United Kingdom · Writers · Died at 44

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Gerard Manley Hopkins was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among the leading English poets. His prosody - notably his concept of sprung rhythm - established him as an innovator, as did his praise of God through vivid use of imagery and nature.

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Hopkins, painted 24 July 1866

Alfred William Garrett, William Alexander Comyn Macfarlane and Hopkins (left to right), by Thomas C. Bayfield, 1866

Blue plaque commemorating Hopkins in Roehampton, London

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