| Mathew Arnold was born in 1822, the son of Rugby School headmaster Thomas Arnold. After being educated at Rugby, Winchester and Oxford University he took up a post of inspector of schools in 1851. His first published volume in 1849 was The strayed Reveller, And Other Poems. As well as writing poetry, he was the leading literary, educational and social critic of his day. His works include On the Study of Celtic Literature, On Translating Homer and Culture and Anarchy. It was the latter of these that gained him acclaim as a social critic. In his role as schools inspector, he tried to secure improvements in education and twice visited Europe to study systems there, reporting back with Popular Education in France and Schools and Universities on the Continent. In all he held this post for 35 years before being given a state pension. Arnold would have visited Liverpool on a number of occasions in his job. He referred to Bold Street in his studies of Celtic literature. In 1882, he gave an address at the opening session of University College. Arnold died suddenly in Liverpool in 1888 while meeting his daughter, who had married an American off a Transatlantic liner. |
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| MATTHEW ARNOLD'S LIVERPOOL |