Thomas Hood
British writer; (1799-1845) · Writers · Died at 45
Thomas Hood 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.
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Plaque in Cheapside, City of London, marking the site of the house where Thomas Hood was born
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Grave of Thomas Hood in Kensal Green Cemetery in west London, designed by Matthew Noble
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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).
