Oct 27, 2024 · Thomas Warton, the Younger was a poet laureate from 1785 and author of the first history of English poetry. He was the brother of the poet ...
Thomas Warton was one of the so-called “Graveyard Poets” of the English 18th century. His often mournful style, as evidenced in his poem
Warton was a Professor of Poetry and Fellow at Trinity College. He edited Milton's early poems and was Editor general of 'The Oxford Sausage'.
Thomas Warton
English literary historian and critic
Thomas Warton was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, following the death of William Whitehead.
He is sometimes called Thomas Warton the younger to distinguish him from his father, who had the... Wikipedia
Born: January 9, 1728, England, United Kingdom
Died: May 21, 1790 (age 62 years), Oxford, United Kingdom
Education: University of Oxford, Trinity College, and Winchester College
Parents: Thomas Warton the elder
Siblings: Joseph Warton
Books
The History of English Poetry
1774
The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh to the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century
1775
The Oxford Sausage
1764
Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser
1762
The Poems of T. Warton, and J. Warton
Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Warton: To which are Now Added Inscriptionum Romanarum Delectus, and An Inaugural Speech...together with Memoirs of His Life and Writings; and Notes, Critical and Explanatory
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Thomas Warton (9 January 1728 - 21 May 1790) Thomas Warton (1728-1790) © National Portrait Gallery, London
Thomas Warton (1728-90) was named as poet laureate. He was 57, an Oxford Don, fond of wine (he wrote A Panegyre on Oxford Ale), conversation, martial music, ...
Title: Thomas Warton, 1728 - 1790. Poet Laureate ; Date: 1790 ; After: Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) English ; Materials: Stipple engraving on paper.
Thomas Warton the Younger (1728-1790), Literary historian; critic and poet. Sitter in 5 portraits. Thomas Warton the Younger, by Charles Howard Hodges, after ...