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John Todhunter
1839–1916
A Dublin-born poet, playwright, and former physician, this Irish Literary Revival figure moved from medicine into a life of letters. His work ranges from lyrical poetry to stage dramas, with a place in the cultural circles that helped shape late Victorian and early modern Irish writing.
2 Audiobooks
The Black Cat: A Play in Three Acts
by John Todhunter
Shelley and the Marriage Question
by John Todhunter
About the author
Born in Dublin on December 30, 1839, John Todhunter was educated at Quaker schools before studying medicine at Trinity College Dublin. He qualified as a doctor and also spent time studying in Paris and Vienna, but literature steadily became the center of his life.
Todhunter published several volumes of poetry and wrote plays as well, building a reputation as a thoughtful, versatile writer. He later settled in London, where he was active in literary society and became associated with the early Irish Literary Revival.
He is remembered as an Irish poet and dramatist whose career linked the worlds of medicine, poetry, and theatre. Todhunter died on October 25, 1916.