Gerard Manley Hopkins Collection 1838-1945, undated (bulk 1854-1918)

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Gerard Manley Hopkins Collection 1838-1945, undated (bulk 1854-1918)

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The Gerard Manley Hopkins Collectionincludes manuscripts for four of Hopkins' poems, page proofs for the first editionof (1918), edited by Robert Bridges, and anumber of letters and drawings by Hopkins or members of the Hopkins family. Poems

1 box (.42 linear feet)

eng,

Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Hopkins, Gerard Manley, 1844-1889

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Gerard Manley Hopkins was born in Stratford, Essex, on July 28, 1844, as the eldest of nine children to Manley and Catherine Hopkins, née Smith. From 1863 to 1867, Hopkins studied classics at Balliol College, Oxford University, taking first-class degrees in both Classics and Greats. At Oxford, Hopkins befriended the poet Robert Bridges. In 1866, Hopkins converted to Catholicism. Upon entering the Society of Jesus in 1868, he destroyed the poetry he had written up to that point. Hopkins then stud...