Richard Henry Horne

Richard Hengist Horne (born January 1, 1803 in Edmonton, now London ( London Borough of Enfield ), † March 13, 1884 in Margate ) was an English poet and essayist.

Horne was educated at the Sandhurst War School , enlisted in the Mexican fleet, and took part in the war between Mexico and Spain. Returning to England, he devoted himself to literature, published a satire on King William IV and the opponents of reform under the title: Spirit of peers and people (1834) and wrote a number of dramatic pieces in which he emulated England's classic playwrights .

This is where the tragedies belong:

Cosmo de 'Medici (1837),
The Death of Marlowe (1838),
Gregory VII: A tragedy (1840), the play of miracles
Judas Ischariot: a miracle play in two acts with other poems (1848) und
Alargis (1856).

At the same time he developed an extensive activity in the epic and in the novella as well as in historiography. This includes his History of Napoleon (1841, 2 vols.) And the epic poem Orion (1843, 10th ed. 1874), his most important work, of which the first edition, in order to spread it, was a farthing (1 / 4 pence) was sold.

He also wrote:

A new spirit of the age , literary essays (1844, 2 vols.); the story
The good-natured bear ;
Ballad romances (1846);
The poor artist, or seven eyesights and one object (1849);
Adventures of a London doll (1850) and
The dreamer and the worker (1851).

In 1852 Horne went with William Howitt to Australia, where he was appointed commissioner of the gold escort in Melbourne, but returned to England after a few years. Since 1874 he received an honorary salary from the civil list and died March 13, 1884 in Margate.

literature

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Letters addressed to Richard Hengist Horne . Ed. by S [amuel] R [alph] Townshend Mayer. London: Bentley, 1877.

personal data
SURNAME	Horne, Richard Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Horne, Richard Hengist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English writer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1884
Place of death	Margate