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    Thomas Gray was an English poet born in London in 1716. He was the only child out of 12 to survive infancy. Gray attended Eton College from 1725-1734. He is considered one of the most important English poets of the 18th century. His most famous work, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published between 1745-1750, is seen as the highest achievement of 18th century Classicism and a precursor to Romanticism. Gray wrote several other notable works including odes and poems before his death in 1771.

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    Thomas Gray was an English poet born in London in 1716. He was the only child out of 12 to survive infancy. Gray attended Eton College from 1725-1734. He is considered one of the most important English poets of the 18th century. His most famous work, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published between 1745-1750, is seen as the highest achievement of 18th century Classicism and a precursor to Romanticism. Gray wrote several other notable works including odes and poems before his death in 1771.

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    History and Literary Works of Alexander Pope

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    Thomas Gray was an English poet born in London in 1716. He was the only child out of 12 to survive infancy. Gray attended Eton College from 1725-1734. He is considered one of the most important English poets of the 18th century. His most famous work, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published between 1745-1750, is seen as the highest achievement of 18th century Classicism and a precursor to Romanticism. Gray wrote several other notable works including odes and poems before his death in 1771.

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    History and

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    Early Life of Alexander
    Alexander Pope
    born on: May 21, 1688
    Born in: Lambard St. London
    Parents: Alexander Pope and Edith
    Turner

    Both his parents were Roman


    Catholic
    Before he was 12 he had obtained a
    smattering of Latin and Greek from
    various masters from a priest from
    Hampsphire , from a school master
    at Twyford near Winchester , from
    Thomas Deane, who kept a school in
    Marylebone and afterwards at Hyde
    Park corner, and finally from
    another priest at home
    age of 12 he suffered numerous health problems such as Pott's
    desease
    Originally attributed to the severity of his studies, the illness is now
    commonly accepted as Pott's disease, a form of tuberculosis affecting
    the spine that stunted his growth—Pope's height never exceeded four
    and a half feet—and rendered him hunchbacked, asthmatic, frail, and
    prone to violent headaches
    Works of Alexander
    "Essay on Criticsm"
    was first published anonymously on 15th may
    1711. Pope began writing the poem early in his
    career and took about three years to finish it.

    "Rape the Lock"


    Popes most famous poem first published in 1712,
    with a revised version published in version
    1714.
    Works of Alexander

    "An Essay on Man"


    is a philosophical poem written in heroic couplets
    and published between 1732 and 1734, Pope intended
    this poem to be the centerpiece of a proposed system
    of ethics that was to be put forth in poetic form.
    It was a piece of work taht Pope intended to make
    into a larger work; however he did not live to
    complete it.
    HISTORY AND
    LITERARY
    WORKS OF
    THOMAS GRAY
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    Thomas Gray –
    Early Life
    Born on December 26, 1716 in Cornhill, London.

    He was the fifth of 12 children of Philip and


    Dorothy Antrobus Gray, and the only one to
    survive infancy.

    His father, a scrivener, was violent and mentally


    unwell, causing his mother, who was a milliner, to
    leave him. Gray lived with his mother after his
    parents separated

    From 1725 to 1734, Gray attended Eton College,


    which his mother paid for him to go to.
    Gray is considered to be one of the most
    important English literature poets of the
    eighteenth century.

    His poem Elegy on a Country Churchyard is


    universally seen as the highest achievement of
    eighteenth-century Classicism, as well as a
    major precursor and inspiration to the style of
    Romanticism and Gothic writing. The poem is
    one of the most frequently quoted poems in the
    English language, with phrases such as
    “Kindred spirit” and “Far from the Madding
    Crowd” still used today.
    Works
    Ode on the Spring (written in 1742)
    On the Death of Richard West (written in 1742)
    Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in
    a Tub of Goldfishes (written in 1747)
    Ode to a Distant Prospect of Eton College
    (written in 1747 and published anonymously)
    Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (written
    between 1745 and 1750)
    The Progress of Poesy: A Pindaric Ode (written
    between 1751 and 1754)
    The Bard: A Pindaric Ode (written between 1755
    and 1757)
    The Fatal Sisters: An Ode (written in 1761)

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