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Thomas O'Hagan
1855–1939
A Canadian poet, teacher, and literary critic, this early twentieth-century writer brought a clear, accessible voice to poems about memory, settlement, and everyday feeling. His work also helped shape Canadian literary culture through essays, lectures, and criticism.
2 Audiobooks
Essays Literary, Critical and Historical
by Thomas O'Hagan
Songs of Heroic Days
by Thomas O'Hagan
About the author
Born on March 6, 1855, in the Gore of Toronto, he was the youngest child of Irish immigrant parents. When he was still an infant, the family moved to Bruce County, Ontario, and that pioneer upbringing later found its way into his writing.
He built a varied career as a teacher, journalist, scholar, and poet. Alongside poetry collections such as In Dreamland and Other Poems, A Gate of Flowers, and Songs of the Settlement, he also wrote literary studies and essays, earning a reputation as a thoughtful advocate for Canadian letters.
He died on March 1, 1939. Remembered as both a creative writer and a man of letters, he stands out as one of the figures who worked to give Canadian poetry and criticism a stronger public presence.