William Thom was born in Aberdeen, probably in December 1798, though sources have variously placed his birth in 1798, 1799, or 1800. The uncertainty is not trivial: it reflects the precarious position from which he emerged, a position in which the lives of poor urban families were not always recorded with the precision later granted to writers of standing. He came into the world in Sinclair’s Close, near the Justice…
“I always thought I could speak till now, but language fails me, and I can only say that I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
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Romantic Poets, Scottish Poets, Social Justice Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Tenderness, Longing, Wonder
George John Cayley was born on 26 January 1826 at Brompton-by-Sawdon in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and died on 11 October 1878 at Hunton in Kent. He belongs to that large and fascinating company of Victorian writers whose lives were more various than their subsequent reputations: a poet, travel writer, barrister by training, political pamphleteer, artist, designer, sports enthusiast, and restless traveller. He ne…
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Death & Mortality, Edwardian Poets, Love Poets, Romantic Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Irony, Joy, Tenderness
