William Hazlitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Hazlitt

English writer

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1778

Place of Birth: Maidstone, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Sep-1830

Profession: writer, painter, journalist, literary critic, philosopher, literary historian

Zodiac Sign: Aries

William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.
He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell.
He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age.
Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print.During his lifetime he befriended many people who are now part of the 19th-century literary canon, including Charles and Mary Lamb, Stendhal, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, and John Keats.