Matthew Arnold

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Matthew Arnold was a 19th-century English poet and cultural critic known for works like "Dover Beach" and for his influential essays on literature, education, and society.

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instanceOf cultural critic
essayist
human
literary critic
poet
causeOfDeath heart failure
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1822-12-24
dateOfDeath 1888-04-15
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Rugby School
employer Ofsted
surface form: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools
familyName Arnold
father Thomas Arnold
fieldOfWork education
literature
social criticism
genre cultural criticism
literary criticism
poetry
givenName Matthew
influenced I. A. Richards
surface form: F. R. Leavis

Lionel Trilling
T. S. Eliot
influencedBy Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Wordsworth
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Victorian literature
name Matthew Arnold self-link
notableIdea culture as "the best that has been thought and said"
notableWork Culture and Anarchy
Dover Beach
Essays in Criticism
Sohrab and Rustum
The Scholar-Gipsy
Thyrsis
occupation cultural critic
essayist
literary critic
poet
school inspector
placeOfBirth Laleham, Middlesex, England
placeOfDeath Liverpool, Lancashire, England
surface form: Liverpool, England
positionHeld Inspector of Schools
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Frances Lucy Wightman

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Arnold hasNotableBearer Matthew Arnold
Rugby School hasNotableAlumni Matthew Arnold
John Keats influenced Matthew Arnold
Leonard Huxley notableRelative Matthew Arnold
The Cornhill Magazine contributor Matthew Arnold
Victorian literature hasNotableAuthor Matthew Arnold
Thomas Arnold child Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold name Matthew Arnold self-link
Newdigate Prize notableWinner Matthew Arnold
Laleham hasNotableResident Matthew Arnold
Macmillan's Magazine contributor Matthew Arnold
Macmillan and Co. publishedAuthor Matthew Arnold
Western canon hasKeyFigureInDebate Matthew Arnold
Dover Beach, Op. 3 textBy Matthew Arnold