Hood, Thomas

Japanese: フッド（英語表記）Hood， Thomas

Born: May 23, 1799, London
Died: May 3, 1845, London. British poet and journalist. He became assistant editor of the London Magazine, where he became acquainted with Lamb, Hazlitt, and De Quincey. He subsequently edited various magazines. In addition to humorous poems such as Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg (1841-43), he also wrote humanistic poems of social protest such as Song of the Shirt (43) and The Bridge of Sighs (44).

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Hood, Samuel, 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley

[Born] December 12, 1724.
[Died] January 27, 1816. Greenwich. British naval officer. Joined the navy in 1741, commanded the Vestal in 1759, and captured the French Bellona. Commander of the North American fleet from 1767 to 1770, rear admiral in 1880, served in the West Indies under Lord Rodney from 1780, and was a member of the House of Commons from 1885. With the start of the French Revolutionary Wars, he commanded the Mediterranean fleet, capturing the port of Toulon in 1893 and Corsica in 1894. Promoted to admiral in the same year and returned to the UK. In 1896, he was made director of Greenwich Hospital. In the same year, he was created a viscount and created a peerage.

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Hood

A battlecruiser completed on March 5, 1920 by the Royal Navy, incorporating lessons learned from World War I. During World War II, on May 24, 1941, it was sunk by gunfire from the German battleship Bismarck in the North Sea. Its main specifications were a standard displacement of 42,670 tons, length of 262.1m, maximum speed of 31kn, main battery of four 38.1cm twin guns, twelve 14cm guns, four 10.2cm anti-aircraft guns, four 47mm guns, four 533mm torpedo tubes, and two submersible torpedo tubes.

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Hood, John Bell

Born June 1, 1831 in Owingsville, Kentucky
[Died] August 30, 1879, New Orleans. A soldier during the American Civil War. A Confederate general. He was wounded at the Battles of Gettysburg and Chickamauga. He later played an active role in the defense of Atlanta, where he tried to stop the advance of Union General W. Sherman but failed. He was also defeated at Franklin and Nashville, and Hood's army was on the brink of annihilation and disbanded (January 1865).

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Hood, Alexander, 1st Viscount Hood of Bridport

[Born] 1726
[Died] 1814
British naval officer. Brother of S. Hood. Joined the navy in 1741. From the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, he participated in naval battles against France on several occasions. Member of the House of Commons from 1784. Baron in 1896. From 1897 to 1800, he led the blockade of the port of Brest in France as commander of the British Channel Fleet, and was made Viscount in 1801.

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Japanese:

[生]1799.5.23. ロンドン
[没]1845.5.3. ロンドン
イギリスの詩人，ジャーナリスト。『ロンドン・マガジン』の編集次長となり，ラム，ハズリット，ド・クインシーと知合った。その後もさまざまな雑誌を編集。『キルマンセッグ嬢の高価な脚』 Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg (1841～43) などの滑稽詩のほか，『シャツの歌』 Song of the Shirt (43) ，『嘆きの橋』 The Bridge of Sighs (44) などのヒューマニスティックな社会抗議の詩がある。

フッド
Hood， Samuel， 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley

[生]1724.12.12.
[没]1816.1.27. グリニッジ
イギリスの海軍軍人。 1741年海軍に入り，59年『ベスタル』号を指揮し，フランスの『ベロナ』号を捕獲。 67～70年北アメリカ艦隊の司令官，80年少将，80年からロドニー卿のもとで西インド諸島で活躍，85年から下院議員。フランス革命戦争の開始とともに地中海艦隊を指揮し，93年ツーロン港，94年コルシカ島を占領。同年海軍大将となり，帰国。 96年グリニッジ病院長。同年貴族に列せられ子爵家を創設。

フッド
Hood

イギリス海軍が第1次世界大戦の戦訓を取入れて 1920年3月5日に竣工した巡洋戦艦。第2次世界大戦中の 41年5月 24日，北海でドイツ戦艦『ビスマルク』の砲撃を受け沈没。主要目は，常備排水量4万 2670t，全長 262.1m，最大速力 31kn，主砲 38.1cm連装砲4，14cm砲 12，10.2cm高角砲4，47mm砲4，533mm魚雷発射管4，同水中魚雷発射管2。

フッド
Hood， John Bell

[生]1831.6.1. ケンタッキー，オーイングズビル
[没]1879.8.30. ニューオーリンズ
アメリカ南北戦争期の軍人。南部連合の将軍。ゲティスバーグ，チカモーガの戦いで負傷。のちにアトランタ防衛戦で活躍し，北軍の W.シャーマン将軍の進撃を阻止しようとしたが失敗，さらにフランクリン，ナッシュビルでも敗退，フッド軍は壊滅に瀕し解散した (1865.1.) 。