Thomas Hood

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Born	May 23, 1799 • London • England • (Birthday in 3 days)
Died	May 3, 1845 (aged 45) • London • England

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William Hazlitt

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Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

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