Thomas Eastoe Abbott

Thomas Eastoe Abbott (born November 23, 1786 in East Dereham , Norfolk ; died February 18, 1854 in Darlington , County Durham ) was an English poet.

Abbott was a civil servant in the customs administration and mainly wrote occasional poems on official occasions, such as Peace , a poem dedicated to the mayor of Hull on the occasion of the victory over France in the Sixth Coalition War, or poems on the death of Princess Charlotte (1817) or the Duke of York (1828). WHD Longstaffe, a contemporary commentator, extolled Abbott for his simple, Wordsworth-like verses that spoke of "real patriotism" and the spirit of Christianity . After his death, Abbott was completely forgotten.

literature

Works

• Peace: A Lyric Poem . Hull, 1814.
• Resignation: A Poem on the Death of Princess Charlotte . Hull, 1817.
• The Triumph of Christianity: A Missionary Poem, with Notes and other Poems . London, 1819.
• The Soldier's Friend; or, Memorials of Brunswick: a Poem Sacred to the Memory of His Royal Highness Frederick, Duke of York and Albany . Hull, 1828.
• Lines on Education and Religion . Darlington, 1839.

Secondary literature

• Thompson Cooper:  Abbott, Thomas Eastoe . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 1:  Abbadie - Anne. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1885, p. 30 (English).
• William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe : The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick . Darlington and London 1854. pp. 339ff.