WARTON, THOMAS

WARTON, THOMAS
   English poet, born at Basingstoke; was professor of Poetry at Oxford, and Poet-Laureate; wrote a "History of English Poetry" of great merit, and a few poetic pieces in faint echo of others by Pope and Swift for most part (1728-1790).

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  • Warton, Thomas, The Elder; Joseph; And Thomas, The Younger — (1688 1800)    • Thomas, the elder, the father, 1688 1745    The son of Antony Warton, vicar of Godalming, Surrey, he graduated, B.A. (1709 10), M.A. (1712), and B.D. (1725) from Magdalen College, Oxford. His Jacobite sympathies made him popular… …   British and Irish poets

  • Warton, Thomas — (1728 1790)    Literary historian and critic, younger s. of Thomas W., Prof. of Poetry at Oxf., and brother of the above, was ed. under his f. at Basingstoke and at Oxf. At the age of 19 he pub. a poem of considerable promise, The Pleasures of… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Warton, Thomas, the Younger — ▪ English poet born Jan. 9, 1728, Basingstoke, Hampshire, Eng. died May 21, 1790, Oxford  poet laureate from 1785 and author of the first history of English poetry, brother of the poet and critic Joseph Warton, and son of Thomas Warton the Elder… …   Universalium

  • Warton, Thomas — ► (1728 90) Poeta y crítico británico. Autor de Historia de la poesía inglesa (1771 81) …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Warton — Warton, Thomas …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Thomas Warton — (January 9, 1728 ndash; May 21, 1790) was an English literary historian and critic, as well as a poet. From 1785 through 1790 he was the Poet Laureate of England.LifeWarton was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, the son of poet Thomas… …   Wikipedia

  • WARTON (T.) — WARTON THOMAS (1728 1790) Nommé poète lauréat en 1785, Thomas Warton est le frère du poète et critique Joseph Warton; son père, professeur de poésie à Oxford, contribua à remettre Milton en honneur. Thomas se fit très tôt une réputation de poète… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Warton — Warton, Thomas, engl. Dichter und Literarhistoriker, geb. 1728 in Oxford, gest. daselbst 21. Mai 1790, studierte in seiner Vaterstadt und gab bereits 1747 die »Pleasures of melancholy« heraus, die von W. als Dichter größere Erwartungen erregten,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Thomas Warton — Thomas Warton, né le 9 janvier 1728 à Basingstoke, dans le Hampshire en Angleterre, mort le 21 mai 1790, est poète, critique et historien de la littérature anglais. De 1785 à 1790, il a été poète lauréat Sommaire 1 Biographie 2 Poésie, Critique… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Thomas Warton — Nacimiento 9 de enero de 1728 …   Wikipedia Español

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