Hulme, T(homas) E(rnest) (1883–1917)

English poet, philosopher, and critic. He was killed on active service in World War I. As a poet he condemned the vagueness of the romantic Georgian school, demanding instead hardness and precision. His Speculations (1924) influenced T S Eliot and his few poems inspired the Imagist movement.

Hulme was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme and educated at Cambridge, from which he was sent down for a youthful escapade. During the war he served with the Honourable Artillery Company until his death.