Key facts
- Born
- c. 11 September 1700 ( 1700-09-11 ) , Ednam , Roxburghshire
- Died
- 27 August 1748 (1748-08-27) (aged 47), Richmond, London
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Thomson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Place of birth
- Ednam
- Place of death
- Richmond
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- University of Edinburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Rule, Britannia!
- Image
- James Thomson (Scottish poet).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1700-09-11
- date of death
- 1748-08-27
- topic's main category
- Category:James Thomson
- Commons category
- James Thomson
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons gallery
- James Thomson
- date of baptism
- 1700-09-15
- ethnic group
- Scottish people
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- writing language
- English language
- different from
- James Thomson
- P8168
- electoral alliance
- P12749
- Amama Mbabazi
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
19 objects attributed to James Thomson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
James Thomson (c. 11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!"
Scotland, 1700–1725
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Thomson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.