Thomas Chatterton
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English poet and forger (1752-1770)
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It sits within the topics 1752 births, 1770 deaths and 18th-century English poets.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1752
- Died
- 1770
- Works
- 78
Top works
- Poetical works
- The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton
- Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton; Volume 1
- The letter paraphras'd
- The execution of Sir Charles Bawdin
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 2
Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. He died of arsenic poisoning, either from a suicide attempt or self-medication for a venereal disease. Thomas Chatterton was born at Bristol where the office of sexton of St. Mary Redcliffe had long been held the Chatterton family. The poet's father, also named Thomas Chatterton, was a musician, a poet, a numismatist, and a dabbler in the occult. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tho
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Quotes
- “Mie love ys dedde,Gon to hys death-bedde,Al under the wyllowe tree. Waterre wytches, crownede wythe reytes,Bere mee to yer leathalle tyde.I die; I comme; mie true love waytes.Thos the damselle spake, and dyed.”
- “Almighty Framer of the Skies!O let our pure devotion rise,Like Incense in thy Sight!Wrapt in impenetrable Shade,The Texture of our Souls were made,Till thy Command gave Light.”
- “How shall we celebrate the day,When God appeared in mortal clay,The mark of worldly scorn;When the Archangel's heavenly Lays,Attempted the Redeemer's Praise,And hail'd Salvation's Morn!”
- “Happy (if mortals can be) is the man,Who, not by priest but Reason, rules his span:Reason, to its possessor a sure guide,Reason, a thorn in Revelation’s side.”
- “Haste to thie kiste, thie onlie dortoure bedde. Cale, as the claie whiche will gre on thie hedde, Is Charitie and Love aminge highe elves; Knightis and Barons live for pleasure and themselves.”
- “The gatherd storme is rype; the bigge drops falle; The forswat meadowes smethe, and drenche the raine; The comyng ghastness do the cattle pall, And the full flockes are drivynge ore the plaine; Dashde from the cloudes the waters flott againe; The welkin opes; the yellow levynne flies; And the hot fierie smothe in the wide lowings dies.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1752-11-20 ) 20 November 1752 , Bristol , England
- Died
- 24 August 1770 (1770-08-24) (aged 17), Holborn , London, England
- Pen name
- Thomas Rowley, Decimus
- Occupation
- Poet, forger
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Thomas Chatterton wb.jpg
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- pseudonym
- Decimus
- Commons category
- Thomas Chatterton
- date of death
- 1770-01-01
- date of birth
- 1752-01-01
- name in native language
- Thomas Evengton
- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Chatterton
- P12749
- Betty Hutton
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
9 objects attributed to Thomas Chatterton, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet who committed suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge.
Although fatherless and raised in poverty, Chatterton was a studious child, publishing work by the age of 11. He was able to pass off his work as that of a fictional 15th-century poet called Thomas Rowley, though he was denounced by Horace Walpole.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Chatterton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.