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Matthew Arnold was born on Christmas eve, December 24, of 1822.

He was the first child of William Arnold and Martha Delafield.

Matthew was born and raised in Victorian Era Laleham, England

He was the first of three children

He attended many different schools including Rugby (Where his father was the head master), and Oxford.

At these schools, he won multiple short story and poetry contests

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Family was very important to him

He comes from a very successful family, which lead to competition.

His father was an English educator, historian, and was a headmaster at Rugby school.

His first brother, Thomas, was an English literary scholar

His other brother, William,  was a British author and colonial administrator

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He was a English poet and cultural critic

His work remains amongst the best known of 19th century British poetry

He is best known for his themes of nature, modern society, and moral instruction.

One of his most famous works was Culture and Anarchy. This was a series of poems criticizing the British government.

He is also very well known for translating Homer's The Iliad and The odyssey

To a Friend

Dover Beach

The Scholar Gypsy

Thyrsis

A Southern's Night

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Known for his criticism, Arnolds journal was full of his opinion on the government, religion, and other controversial issues.

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At the Arnold vacation home, famous poet William Wordsworth was a neighbor and family friend.

Many Scholars and critics disagreed with the religious point of view of his writing.

Although he is known as a famous poet, he was criticized for using others point of view, instead of his in his writings.

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https://www.poemhunter.com/matthew-arnold/

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/matthew_arnold/poems

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matthew-Arnold