Francis Thompson

Thompson in 1877. Francis Joseph Thompson (16 December 1859 – 13 November 1907) was an English poet and Catholic mystic. At the behest of his father, a doctor, he entered medical school at the age of 18, but at 26 left home to pursue his talent as a writer and poet. He spent three years on the streets of London, supporting himself with menial labour, becoming addicted to opium which he took to relieve a nervous problem.

In 1888 Wilfrid and Alice Meynell read his poetry and took the opium-addicted and homeless writer into their home for a time, later publishing his first volume, ''Poems'', in 1893. In 1897, he began writing prose, drawing inspiration from life in the countryside, Wales and Storrington. His health, always fragile, continued to deteriorate and he died of tuberculosis in 1907. By that time he had published three books of poetry, along with other works and essays. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1909

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1957

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1950

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1932

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1918

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1910

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1969

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1957

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1950

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1913

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1948

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1916

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1959

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1970

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1913

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1910

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by Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907
Published 1909

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