Thomas Warton (9 January 1728 – 21 May 1790) was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785.
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, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Died: May 21, 1790 (age 62 years), Oxford, United Kingdom
Parents: Thomas Warton the elder
Education: University of Oxford, Trinity College, and Winchester College
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
Observations on the Faerie Queene of Spenser
1754
The Oxford Sausage
1764
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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an English literary historian, critic, and poet. From 1785 to 1790, he was the Poet Laureate of England. He is sometimes called Thomas Warton the younger to ...