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was Thomas Gray? Poet.

Date and Place of
Birth: 26th December 1716, London, England.
Family Background:
Sole survivor of twelve children. His father was violent.
His mother ran a millinery business in order to educate him.
Education:
Eton College. Peterhouse College, Cambridge.
Chronology:
Written Works:
- 1747:
“Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College”.
- 1751:
“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”.
- 1753:
“Hymn to Adversity”.
- 1757:
“Odes by Mr. Gray”.
- 1768:
“Poems by Mr. Gray”.
- 1769:
“Installation Ode”.
- 1775:
“Poems”.
Marriage: Never
married.
Places of Interest:
Date and Place of
Death: 30th July 1771,
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
Age at Death:
54.
Site of Grave:
St. Giles Churchyard, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England.
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