Sir Thomas Hood

GPTKB entity

Properties (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_Academy_of_Arts
gptkb:Society_of_Arts
gptkbp:artMovement Romanticism
Victorian literature
gptkbp:associatedWith Punch magazine
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Arts
gptkbp:birthDate 1792-05-23
gptkbp:burialPlace Highgate Cemetery
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contributedTo poetry
prose
gptkbp:deathDate 1868-01-03
gptkbp:famousFor satirical writing
humorous poetry
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Hood
gptkbp:genre humor
satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Thomas Hood
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Lewis_Carroll
gptkb:Edward_Lear
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkbp:inspiration social issues
everyday life
gptkbp:knownFor social commentary
light verse
gptkbp:legacy influence on poets
influence on humorists
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableQuote "The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."
"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."
"I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married."
"There is no such thing as a good poem, only a good poet."
"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."
gptkbp:notableWork The Comic Annual
Whims and Oddities
gptkbp:occupation poet
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:London
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse Frances_Hood
gptkbp:style lyrical
narrative