Thomas Kibble Hervey

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Thomas Kibble Hervey (February 4, 1799–February 27, 1859) was a British poet and critic born in Paisley and raised in Manchester. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, c. 1818 and there studied for the bar; while at Cambridge he began a lengthy career as a leading contributor to the Athenaeum in 1828, and published Australia, a poem (1824) and Prometheus (1832). He later edited Friendship's Offering (1826-27), and the Amaranth (1839); contributed to annuals; edited the Athenaeum (May 23, 1846 to December 1853).

On October 17, 1843, he married Elizabeth Louisa Montagu, also an author and poet.

He died in Kentish Town, London and was buried in Highgate Cemetery.

[edit] Other works

  • The poetical sketch book (1829)
  • The book of Christmas (1837)
  • The English Helicon (1841)
  • The poems of T. K. Hervey, edited by his wife with a memoir (1866)

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