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Thomas Hood

I lived from 1799-1845. I was from England, and am in the English category.

Sometimes dismissed as a 'lesser poet' of the Romantic Era, Thomas Hood was known in his lifetime as a comic writer. Today, he is best known for his more serious work, of which The Song of the Shirt upon publication. Attacking worker exploitation, it first appeared anonymously in Punch in 1843, but was soon reprinted across various European newspapers, and appeared on such media as pocket handkerchiefs and broadsheets. Highly regarded by many literary figures (including Charles Dickens), it had a considerably wide-reaching impact. His friendship with Dickens dates from his review of Dicken's Master Humphrey's Clock in 1840.

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