Human Accomplishment: Gerard Manley Hopkins

an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame placed him among leading Victorian poets.

Born

28 July 1844 Stratford, Essex, England

Died

8 June 1889 (aged 44) Dublin, Ireland

Nationality

British

Alma mater

Heythrop College, London Balliol College, Oxford

Occupation

Poet Jesuit priest academic

adultbasic

Britain

Buried

Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland

Church

Latin Church

Denomination

Roman Catholic

Education

Highgate School

era

1800+

Ordination

September 1877