Matthew Arnold Writer

Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues.

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Birth date	December 24, 1822
Birth place	Middlesex , Laleham , Laleham-on-Thames
Nationality	England
Date of death	April 15, 1888
Place of death	Liverpool

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influenced	Mordecai Kaplan T. S. Eliot Lionel Trilling F. R. Leavis Florence Earle Coates George Saintsbury Don Cupitt
influenced by	John Keats William Wordsworth John Henry Newman Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Étienne Pivert de Senancour Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
notable work	The Scholar Gipsy Dover Beach Culture and Anarchy Thyrsis Literature and Dogma