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matthew 1883 . arnold , by elliott & fry , circa 15 april 1888 24 december 1822 liverpool , england george leavis , lionel trilling , mordecai kaplan , don cupitt saintsbury , florence earle coates , t. s. eliot , f. r. laleham , middlesex , england william , john henry newman , goethe , senancour wordsworth , john keats , charles augustin sainte-beuve thomas trevenen richard lucy eleanore basil british `` , `` thyrsis '' , '' culture and anarchy '' dover , '' literature and dogma '' beach '' , `` the scholar-gipsy '' yes 24 december 1822 victorian frances lucy poetry ; literary , social and religious criticism matthew arnold.jpg matthew arnold
 matthew arnold her majesty 's inspector of schools
matthew arnold

matthew arnold -lrb- 24 december 1822 -- 15 april 1888 -rrb- 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 .
