John Addington Symonds
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British poet, literary critic and cultural historian (1840–1893)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1840
- Died
- 1893
- Works
- 420
Top works
- The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella
- Shelley
- The sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti
- Lyra viginti chordarum
- A Greek essay for the Bowdoin prize
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1840-10-05
- Active to
- 1893-04-19
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John Addington Symonds (5 October 1840 - 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. Although he married and had a family, he was an early advocate of male love (homosexuality), which he believed could include pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships. He referred to it as l'amour de l'impossible (love of the impossible). A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies about writers and artists. He also wrote much poetry inspi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bristol
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- translator
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Employer
- Magdalen College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Newdigate Prize
- Field of work
- cultural history
- Image
- Symonds, John Addington.jpg
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- place of burial
- Protestant Cemetery, Rome
- date of birth
- 1840-10-05
- date of death
- 1893-04-19
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- John Addington Symonds
- Commons Creator page
- John Addington Symonds
- has works in the collection
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- writing language
- English language
- P8168
- Eppendorf
- name in native language
- John Addington Symonds
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- disease
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