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Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), poet
Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793-1835), born at 118 Duke Street, Liverpool, and later a resident of Wavertree, gained enormous popularity with her romantic poetry primarily about nature, the picturesque, childhood innocence, travels abroad, liberty, and the heroic. "Casabianca", which begins "The boy stood on the burning deck", is probably today her most famous poem.
Thanks to Steve Horton for his post correcting the location of Mrs Hemans' birthplace.
Chris
Liverpool Worthies JOSEPHINE BUTLER & ANN CLOUGH
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Paul D
It would be nice to think our local paper who run some stories on great Liverpudlians instead of the crap we have to endure.She would be such a worthy person,this would help restore pride in our great city.
There was an excellent write up recently in the Liverpool Echo about the life of JOSEPHINE BUTLER. She was one of the 3 most important women in 19th C England and lived in Park Rd Dingle Toxteth for about 25 years. She was interested in social justice and education for women and played an important role both nationally and internationally. Along side her I would place another Liverpool worthy, her contemporary, ANN CLOUGH. Anne was sister of the Liverpool poet Arthur Hugh Clough.