Charles Kent (writer)
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Charles Kent (1823-1902) was an English
poet
, biographer
, and journalist
, born in London
. After completing his education at Prior Park
and Oscott, he became editor of the Sun (1845-70), studied law at the same time and was called to the bar
in 1859 as a member of Middle Temple
, but thereafter devoted himself to literature. He edited Weekly Register, a Roman Catholic paper (1874-81).
A personal friend of Charles Dickens
, he contributed to Household Words
and All the Year Round
under Dicken's editorship and to other periodicals. Several volumes of poems, published previously in the forties, fifties, and sixties, provided the materials for his collected Poems (1870).
In later years he gave himself largely to editorial work—chiefly complete editions of the greater English writers, memoirs, and critiques, and notably Burns
(1874), Lamb (1875 and 1893), Moore
(1879), Father Prout
(1881), and Lord Lytton
(1875, 1883, and 1898). He also wrote Leigh Hunt as an Essayist (1888), The Wit and Wisdom of Lord Lytton (1883), and The Humour and Pathos of Charles Dickens (1884).
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Contributions to the DNB
English people
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poet
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, biographer
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
, and journalist
Journalism
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, born in London
London
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. After completing his education at Prior Park
Prior Park College
Prior Park College is a Roman Catholic co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils.It is situated on a hill overlooking the city of Bath, in Somerset, in south-west England...
and Oscott, he became editor of the Sun (1845-70), studied law at the same time and was called to the bar
Bar association
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in 1859 as a member of Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
, but thereafter devoted himself to literature. He edited Weekly Register, a Roman Catholic paper (1874-81).
A personal friend of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
, he contributed to Household Words
Household Words
Household Words was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s which took its name from the line from Shakespeare "Familiar in his mouth as household words" — Henry V.-History:...
and All the Year Round
All the Year Round
All the Year Round was a Victorian periodical, being a British weekly literary magazine founded and owned by Charles Dickens, published between 1859 and 1895 throughout the United Kingdom. Edited by Dickens, it was the direct successor to his previous publication Household Words, abandoned due to...
under Dicken's editorship and to other periodicals. Several volumes of poems, published previously in the forties, fifties, and sixties, provided the materials for his collected Poems (1870).
In later years he gave himself largely to editorial work—chiefly complete editions of the greater English writers, memoirs, and critiques, and notably Burns
Robert Burns
Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide...
(1874), Lamb (1875 and 1893), Moore
Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death...
(1879), Father Prout
Francis Sylvester Mahony
Francis Sylvester Mahony , also known by the pen name Father Prout, was an Irish humorist. He was born in Cork, Ireland, to Martin Mahony and Mary Reynolds. He was educated at the Jesuit Clongowes Wood College, Kildare, and later in Saint Acheul, a similar school in Amiens, France and then at Rue...
(1881), and Lord Lytton
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC , was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling dime-novels which earned him a considerable fortune...
(1875, 1883, and 1898). He also wrote Leigh Hunt as an Essayist (1888), The Wit and Wisdom of Lord Lytton (1883), and The Humour and Pathos of Charles Dickens (1884).
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Works
- Poems (1870) http://www.archive.org/details/poems00kentgoog
- A mythological dictionary (1870) http://www.archive.org/details/amythologicaldi00kentgoog
- Charles Dickens as a Reader (1872) http://www.archive.org/details/charlesdickensa02kentgoog
- Leigh Hunt as an Essayist (1888)
- The Wit and Wisdom of Lord Lytton (1883)
- The Humour and Pathos of Charles Dickens (1884)
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Contributions to Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911)
- Dalling and Bulwer, William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, Baron
Pseudonym Mark Rochester
- The Derby Ministry: A Series of Cabinet Pictures (1858) http://www.archive.org/details/derbyministryas00kentgoog
- The Gladstone Government: Being Cabinet Pictures (1869) http://www.archive.org/details/gladstonegovern00kentgoog
Works about Kent
- Obituary: Mr. Charles Kent, man of letters in The Times
- Charles Kent in Notes by the Way by J. C. Francis, (1909).