Thomas Kibble Hervey

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.

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)

External links

* [http://198.82.142.160/spenser/BiographyRecord.php?action=GET&bioid=4470 Thomas Kibble Hervey (Frederic Boase, Modern English Biography (1892-1921) 1:1451)] .
* [http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/anthologies/bijou/cangany/Hervey/about.html Biography of T.K. Hervey in The Real Romantics: 1799-1830]