Biography of gerard manley hopkins

Gerard Manley HopkinsSJ (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an Englishpoet and Jesuitpriest. After his death, his poetry made him very famous.

Hopkins was born in Stratford, Essex near London, England.

Biography of gerard manley hopkins

His family were Anglicans.^[1]

When he was young, Hopkins liked being in the natural world. He liked music and drawing. When he was ten years old, he was sent to board at Highgate School where he studied from 1854 to 1863.

Then he studied classics at Balliol College, Oxford from 1863 to 1867.^[1][2]

At Oxford he became friends with Robert Bridges.

Biography of gerard manley hopkins poems

Bridges later became the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.^[1] Hopkins loved the poetry of Christina Rossetti. She became one of his great influences.^[3] They met in 1864.^[4]

Hopkins had strong religious feelings.

In July 1886, he decided to become a Roman Catholic. That September he met the leader of the Oxford converts, John Henry Newman. Newman receiv