Thomas Kibble Hervey, born in Scotland, was educated at the grammar school in Manchester and worked as a law clerk before study at Cambridge (Caius College, 1822, Trinity College, 1823). There he composed his first volume, Australia, the success of which led him to pursue a literary career. Hervey was editor of Friendship's Offering (1826-27), The Amaranth (1839), and contributed to the Athenaeum, which he edited from 1846 to 1853. He was a frequent contributor to gift books and annuals.
TEXT RECORDS:
1829Temple of Jupiter Olympius at Athens.
1829The Acropolis, at Athens.
PUBLICATIONS:
Australia, with other poems. 1824.
The poetical sketch-book. 1829.
The devil's progress: a poem. 1830.
Gems of modern sculpture. 1831.
Illustrations of modern sculpture. 1834.
The book of Christmas. 1836.
The English Helicon of the nineteenth century. 1841.
A selection of essays from the Livre Cent et Un. 3 vols, nd.
Poems. 1866.
PROFILE AND
ASSOCIATES:
Scottish
English
Anglican
Manchester Grammar School
Caius College Cambridge
Trinity College Cambridge
lawyer
poet
editor
The Athenaeum
Friendship's Offering
Forget-Me-Not
Literary Souvenir
The Amulet
The Bijou
The Gem
New Year's Gift
REFERENCE:
DNB; CBEL (3rd ed).
Obituary in Gentleman's Magazine (April 1859) 431-33; Alaric Alexander Watts, obituary in Art Journal (1859) 123; memoir by Mrs. T. K. Hervey in Poems (1866); Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature 3rd ed. (1876); Frederic Boase, Modern English Biography (1892-1921).
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