1788 - 1845

Pseudonym of Thomas Ingoldsby.

English poet and humorist.

Ordained a minister in 1813 he became a minor canon of the Chapel Royal in 1824.

In 1837 he began in Bentley's Miscellany, under his pseudonym, a series of parodies of country superstitions, medieval legends, and contemporary foibles.

Ingoldsby Legends were published in book form in 1840.



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