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Article: Hazlitt's tribute.(The story of William Hazlitt and changes to his tombstone)(Biography)
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- April 1, 2003
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WILLIAM HAZLITT'S ORIGINAL TOMB inscription has been recarved on Lakeland granite by Lida Kindersley, to be placed over Hazlitt's grave in St Ann's Churchyard, Soho, London. It will be unveiled at 1pm on April 10th, 2003, Hazlitt's 225th birthday. Michael Foot, A.C. Grayling and Tom Paulin will speak at the unveiling, and a dedicatory poem by Andrew Motion will be read. The restoration has been mainly paid for by donations from readers of the Guardian newspaper.
At the height of his fame in the years 1814-23 William Hazlitt (1778-1830) was regarded as a fearsome political polemicist, a master of the essayist's craft, a great critic of theatre and art, and above ...