Thomas Ernest Hulme

Novelist

Birthday September 16, 1883

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Sep 28, 1917 (34)

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About

An English author, literary critic, and important figure in the development of literary modernism, he is remembered for such works as Autumn and City Sunset (poems) and Notes on Language and Style (critical essays). His most famous individual poems include "Above the Dock," "The Embankment," and "Conversion."

Before Fame

He studied at St. John's College, Cambridge, but was expelled because of a scandal involving a young woman. Later, he matriculated at University College, London.

Trivia

He was killed in combat during World War I.

Family Life

He was the Staffordshire-born son of Mary and Thomas Hulme.

Associated With

He was introduced to fellow poet Robert Frost in 1913.