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Francis Thompson (16 December 1859 – 13 November 1907) was an English poet and Catholic mystic. At the behest of his father, a doctor, he entered medical school at the age of 18, but at 26 left home to pursue his talent as a writer and poet. He spent three years on the streets of London, supporting himself with menial labour, becoming addicted to opium which he took to relieve a nervous problem.

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Born	Francis Thompson 16 December 1859 Preston, Lancashire
Died	13 November 1907 (aged 47) St John's Wood, London
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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Alice Meynell · Friend · 1847-1922 · English poet and suffragist edit info

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