Poet Thomas Gray

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Thomas Gray

Living place: England

Birthday: 26-12-1716

Global rank: #40749

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Who is Poet Thomas Gray?
English poet and scholar known for Elegy writing in a National Churchyard, a work of poetry published in 1751. He was also the author of many Pindaric Odes, including The Bard and The Poesy Progress.
His self-doubt led him to decline the invitation of the 1757 prize-winning poem.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied at Eton College and Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Family life info

He is the only surviving child of Philip and Dorothy Gray.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Thomas Gray?
He and the intelligent author Christopher could both be classified as pre-romantic "Graveyard poets", as both men frequently wrote about mortality.

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When was Poet Thomas Gray born?
Thomas Gray was born in 26-12-1716, death year is , at the age of 308.
Where is Poet Thomas Gray's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Thomas Gray was born in England. is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Thomas Gray's global rank is 40749 and whose rank is 121 in list of famous Poet.
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Events in 1716 and 26-12

Birthday Thomas Gray (26-12) in history

  • Day 26-12 year 1776: The founder of the United States, George Washington, defeated the Hessians at Trenton.
  • Day 26-12 year 1865: James H. Nason received a patent for a coffee percolator.
  • Day 26-12 year 1966: The first Kwanzaa is celebrated.
  • Day 26-12 year 1972: The 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, died in Kansas City, Mo.
  • Day 26-12 year 1985: Zoologist Dian Fossey was found murdered in Rwanda.
  • Day 26-12 year 1996: JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her Boulder, Colo., home.
  • Day 26-12 year 2004: In the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in 40 years, triggered a tsunami that ultimately killed more than 280,000.
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