An Appreciation of Gerard Manley Hopkins on the 134th Anniversary of His Death

June 8th 2023 On the 28th of July, 1844, Gerard Manley Hopkins was born at Stratford in Essex. He died on June 8th 1889 of typhoid at the age of 44. It was approximately 1:30 PM in the afternoon when he died, with his parents at his bedside in Dublin. In his final words he …