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Biography James Henry Leigh Hunt - Poet and Poem

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This page is about the 19th-century English poet and essayist. For other uses, see Leigh Hunt (disambiguation).

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Leigh Hunt

Leigh Hunt; portrait by Benjamin Haydon

Born

James Henry Leigh Hunt


(1784-10-19)19 October 1784

Southgate, London, England

Died28 August 1859(1859-08-28) (aged 74)

Putney, London, England

Burial placeKensal Green Cemetery
EducationChrist's Hospital, Newgate Street, London
Spouse(s)

Marianne Kent

(m.

1808; died 1857)​

Children10, including Thornton Leigh Hunt
Relatives
  • John Hunt (brother)
  • Elizabeth Kent (sister-in-law)
  • Chandos Leigh Hunt Wallace (grand-niece)

James Henry Leigh Hunt (19 October 1784 – 28 August 1859), best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist and poet.

Hunt co-founded The Examiner, a leading intellectual journal expounding radical principles.

He was the centre of the Hampstead-based group that included William James Henry Leigh Hunt 1784 - 1859 - WUROB