De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859
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De Quincey was an English essayist and critic.
English Romantic author Thomas De Quincey was a brilliant classical scholar, and wrote on diverse topics in a digressive, somewhat disorganized, but highly engaging style. He wroe novels, short stories, and biographies, but his most interesting works were an unclassifiable mixture of scholarship, journalism, meditation, and reminiscence.
Thomas De Quincey, English writer. Best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1822). De Quincey counted Wordsworth and Coleridge among his friends, and his biographical accounts of the two poets helped to establish their reputations in the later 19th century.
English author.
English Romantic author Thomas De Quincey was a brilliant classical scholar, and wrote on diverse topics in a digressive, somewhat disorganized, but highly engaging style. He wrote novels, short stories, and biographies, but his most interesting works were an unclassifiable mixture of scholarship, journalism, meditation, and reminiscence.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore led British troops on campaigns in Portugal and Spain during the Peninsular War of 1807-1814.
Thomas De Quincey, English writer. He is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822). De Quincey counted Wordsworth and Coleridge among his friends, and his biographical accounts of the two poets helped develop their reputation in the later 19th century.
De Quincey was an English author.
Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859), the son of a Manchester merchant, was educated at Oxford where it is believed that his life-long addiction to opium began. He was acquainted with key Romantic writers including Coleridge and Wordsworth. In 1817 he married Peggy Simpson, a farmer's daughter with whom he had 3 daughters and 5 sons. He wrote principally for periodicals, including The London Magazine, Blackwood's and the Quarterly . His best-known work, Confessions of an Opium Eater, was originally serialised in The London Magazine in 1821.
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Gold mines and mining
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Hobart, Tasmania
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