TOM See also:HOOD (1835–1874)
, See also:English humorist, son of the poet See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Hood, was See also:born at See also:Lake See also:House; See also:Wanstead, See also:Essex, on the 19th of See also:January 1835
.
After attending University See also:College School and See also:Louth See also:Grammar School he entered See also:Pembroke College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, in 1853, where he passed all the See also:examinations for the degree of B.A., but did not See also:graduate
.
At Oxford he wrote his Farewell to the Swallows (1853) and See also:Pen and See also:Pencil Pictures (1857)
.
He began to write for the See also:Liskeard See also:Gazette in 1856, and edited that See also:paper in 1858–1859
.
He then obtained a position in the See also:War See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office, which he filled for five years, leaving in 1865
to become editor of Fun, the comic paper, which became very popular under his direction
.
In 1867 he first issued Tom Hood's Comic See also:Annual
.
In 1861 had appeared The Daughters of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Daker, and other Poems, after which he published in See also:conjunction with his See also:sister, Frances Freeling See also:Broderip, a number of amusing books for See also:children
.
His serious novels, of which See also:Captain Masters's Children (1865) is the best, were not so successful
.
Hood See also:drew with considerable facility, among his illustrations being those of several of his See also:father's comic verses
.
In private See also:life his geniality and sincere friendliness secured him the See also:affection and esteem of a wide circle of acquaintance
.
He died on the 20th of See also:November 1874
.
A memoir by his sister, F
.
F
.
Broderip, is prefixed to the edition of his poems published in 1877
.
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