Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Birthplace: Stratford, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: June 08, 1889 (44)
Dublin (Typhoid)
Place of Burial: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Immediate Family:

Son of Manley Hopkins and Kate Smith
Brother of Cyril Hopkins; Arthur Hopkins, Artist; Milicent Hopkins and Grace Hopkins

Occupation: Poet
Managed by: Terry Teford Cooper
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About Gerard Manley Hopkins

Poet. His most famous works include "The wreck of the Deutschland", "God's Grandeur", and "The Windhover". His poems were virtually unknown until they were published.long after his death by the poet Robert Bridges. Hopkins became a Jesuit priest in 1882 and is buried in the Jesuit plot of Glasnevin Cemetery.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins's Timeline

1844
July 28, 1844
Stratford, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
1889
June 8, 1889
Age 44
Dublin
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Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland