Thomas Eastoe Abbott (23 November 1786 – 18 February 1854) was an

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poet.

Life

Abbott was born and baptised in

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, the son of John Abbott and Susannah Eastoe, who married in East Dereham on 13 November 1777. He worked for the

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for many years, and was a warden of the Royal Free Grammar School in Darlington. His poems were described by William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe as "written with great simplicity of language, full of genuine patriotism and Christianity; some of them much resembling in style that of Wordsworth." Abbott died in Darlington in 1854.

Works

* ''Peace'', a lyric poem dedicated to the mayor of Hull (London, 1814). * ''Resignation'', a poem on the death of

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(Hull, 1817). * ''The Triumph of Christianity, A Missionary Poem; Commerce; and other Poems'', dedicated to

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(London, 1819). * ''The Soldier's Friend'', a poem to the memory of the

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(London, 1828). * ''Lines on Education and Religion'' (Darlington, 1839).

References

External source

* East Dereham parish register transcripts (www.FreeREG.org.uk) *

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