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Robert Bridges
1844–1930
A poet, critic, and former doctor, he became one of England’s most respected literary figures and served as Poet Laureate from 1913 until his death. He is also remembered for helping bring the poetry of his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins to a wider audience.
12 Audiobooks
Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 1
by Robert Bridges
A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing
by Robert Bridges
October, and Other Poems; with Occasional Verses on the War
by Robert Bridges
Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 5
by Robert Bridges
Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 2
by Robert Bridges
The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Excluding the Eight Dramas
by Robert Bridges
On English Homophones Society for Pure English, Tract 02
by Robert Bridges
Purcell Ode, and Other Poems
by Robert Bridges
Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 3
by Robert Bridges
Poems
by Robert Bridges
Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 6
by Robert Bridges
Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 4
by Robert Bridges
About the author
Born in Walmer, Kent, in 1844, Robert Seymour Bridges was educated at Eton and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He later trained in medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London and worked as a physician before retiring from medical practice in the early 1880s to focus on writing.
Bridges published poetry, verse drama, criticism, and hymns, and was known for his care with form, rhythm, and language. Although he did not become widely famous early on, he went on to serve as Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930.
He also played an important part in literary history as the literary executor of Gerard Manley Hopkins, whose poems he edited and published after Hopkins’s death. Bridges died in 1930 at Boar’s Hill near Oxford, leaving behind a body of work admired for its craftsmanship and quiet intelligence.