Tom Hood

Thomas Hood ( born January 19, 1835 in Lake House, Leytonstone, London Borough of Waltham Forest, † November 20, 1874 ) was an English humorist and illustrator.

Tom Hood, son of Thomas Hood studied since 1853 in Oxford and began with success his poetic career with Pen and pencil pictures (1856 ).

The same happiness made ​​his second collection of poems, Quips and cranks (1861 ), the nachfolgten numerous works. Other examples could include:

  • The daughters of King Therefore (1861 )
  • Loves of Tom Tucker ( 1862)
  • A disputed inheritance, Roman ( 1863)
  • Vere Vereker 's Vengeance (1864 )
  • Jingles and jokes for the little folks (1865 )
  • Captain Master 's children, short story (1865 )
  • Golden beart (1867 )
  • Upside down (1868 )
  • Money's Worth, novella (1870 )
  • Tetsetilla 's posy, a fairy tale (1870 )
  • Love and valor (1871 )
  • The pleasant tale of Puss and Robin, and Their Friends, Kitty and Bob. Told in pictures by L. Frölich, and in rhyme by TH ( with illustrations by Lorenz Frølich, 1871)
  • The book of modern English anecdotes (1873 ) and Others

Since 1865, Hood led the publication of Fun.

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