Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poet, Author
1844 – 1889
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Who was Gerard Manley Hopkins?
Reverend Father Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His experimental explorations in prosody and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse.
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- Born
- Jul 28, 1844
Stratford, London - Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Balliol College
- Highgate School
(1854 - 1863) - University of Oxford
- Employment
- The Oratory School
(1867 - ) - Stonyhurst College
- Mount St Mary's College
- University of Dublin
- The Oratory School
- Died
- Jun 8, 1889
Dublin - Resting place
- Glasnevin Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013