The London Magazine
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The London Magazine is the title of six different publications that have appeared in succession since 1732. All six have focused on the arts, literature and poetry. A number of Nobel Laureates, includ
Cover of the issue "For May, 1760."
Cover, March 1912
Thomas Hood
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Thomas Hood was an English poet, author and humorist, best known for poems such as "The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt". Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, Athenaeum, and Punch
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…J. H. Christie. Scott lost the duel and his life in 1821. The London Magazine continued under the editorship of John Taylor. Its contributors included Thomas Hood, William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb. During this time Lamb published the first series of his Essays of Elia, beginning in 1820. Taylor's insistent tampering…
Thomas Hood from NPG
Plaque in Cheapside, City of London, marking the site of the house where Thomas Hood was born
Thomas Hood's wife, Jane
Grave of Thomas Hood in Kensal Green Cemetery in west London, designed by Matthew Noble