Thomas Bibby (1799–1863) was an Irish poet.
Life
He was born at
Kilkenny
Kilkenny ( , meaning 'church of Cainnech of Aghaboe, Cainnech'). is a city in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region and in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinst ...
, studied at
Kilkenny College
Kilkenny College is a Church of Ireland co-educational day and boarding secondary school located in Kilkenny, in the South-East of Ireland. It is the largest co-educational boarding school in Ireland. In 2013 it transferred to the state/public se ...
, and then at
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...
, which he entered in 1814 on a scholarship
At the age of thirteen, Bibby won a gold medal for science, and he subsequently became one of the best Greek students of his day. He graduated in 1816, and went on to lead a studious but secluded life in his native Kilkenny, developing eccentricities which suggested to many that he was insane.
He died on 7 January 1863, after a painful illness, at his house at St. Canice's Steps. His brother
Samuel Hale Bibby, was a surgeon in Green Street, Grosvenor Square, London, and shared his literary taste, but was considered to be more conventional.
Works
Bibby published two dramatic poems in blank verse, ''Gerald of Kildare'' (1854), and its sequel, ''Silken Thomas'', or ''Saint Mary's Abbey'' (1859).
See also
* Sale of books at Sotheby'
*Obituary and family history dating back to John Bibby,
Portreeve
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of
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Notes
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1799 births
1863 deaths
People educated at Kilkenny College
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Irish male poets
19th-century Irish poets
19th-century Irish male writers
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