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Thomas Gray

English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771)

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Thomas Gray was an English poet and classical scholar who lived from 1716 to 1771 and is remembered as one of the important literary figures of the eighteenth century. His most famous work, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," remains widely read today and helped establish him as a significant voice in English poetry during his lifetime.

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Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University. Thomas Gray was born in Cornhill, London, the son of an exchange broker and a milliner. He was the fifth of 12 children and the only child in his family to survive infancy. He lived with his mother after she left his abusive father. He was educated at Eton College where his uncle was one of the masters. He recalled his schooldays as a time of great happiness <a href="https

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Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. He was even offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1757 after the death of Colley Cibber, though he declined.