Thomas Kibble Hervey (4 February 1799 – 27 February 1859) was a Scottish-born poet and critic. He rose to be the Editor of the Athenaeum, a leading British literary magazine in the 19th century.
While at Cambridge he began a lengthy career as a leading contributor to the Athenaeum in 1828, and published Australia, a Poem (1824) and Prometheus (1832). He later edited Friendship's Offering (1826–1827) and The Amaranth (1839), contributed to annuals, and edited the Athenaeum (23 May 1846 – December 1853).[2] His other works included The Poetical Sketch Book (1829), The Autobiography of Jack Ketch,[3]The Book of Christmas (1836, reprinted as late as 1888 and illustrated by Robert Seymour)[4][5] and English Helicon (1841).
Marriage and death
On 17 October 1843, Hervey married Eleanora Louisa Montagu (1811–1903), a playwright, author and poet, who was the daughter of George Conway Montagu of Lackham, Wiltshire. The couple had a son, Frederick Robert James.
Hervey died in Haverstock Hill, London, England in 1859 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery. His grave (no.9443) no longer has a headstone or marker.
An obituary in the Gentlemen's Magazine criticized his work as a reviewer, saying it was "characterized by a causticity of censure and a costiveness of praise, scarcely worthy of a journal of high standing."[6]The Poems of T. K. Hervey was edited by his wife with a memoir (1866).[7]
References
^"Hervey, Thomas Kibble (HRVY822TK)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^An assessment of the significance of Hervey's column "Poetry for the Million" appears in The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry, ed. Matthew Bevis, Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^Available as a free ebook Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^British Library description with sample illustrations Retrieved 10 December 2016.
^Quoted in P. D. Edwards: "Hervey, Thomas Kibble (1799–1859)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004) Retrieved 10 December 2016. Pay-walled.
^The text of the nine-page memoir appears here: Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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