Thomas Eastoe Abbott

Thomas Eastoe Abbott (1786/1787 – February 18 1854) was an English poet.

He was born in East Dereham, Norfolk, and lived in Darlington, where he worked at the Royal Free Grammar School.

Among his published works were "Peace, a Lyric Poem" (1814); "Resignation" (1817); "The Triumph of Christianity" (1819); and "The Soldier's Friend" (1828).

Abbott died in Darlington in 1854.

External source

* Thompson Cooper, " [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23 Abbott, Thomas Eastoe] ", Rev. Megan A. Stephan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 21 March 2007)