Chatterton,Thomas

Chatterton,Thomas
Chat·ter·ton (chătʹər-tən), Thomas. 1752-1770.
British poet who fooled scholars by ascribing his poetry to a 15th-century monk, Thomas Rowley. Unable to support himself by writing, Chatterton became dejected and took his own life at age 18. His work and example influenced the romantic poets.

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  • Chatterton, Thomas — born Nov. 20, 1752, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Aug. 24, 1770, London English poet. At age 11 Chatterton wrote a pastoral eclogue on an old parchment and passed it off successfully as a 15th century work. Thereafter he created more poems… …   Universalium

  • Chatterton, Thomas — (1752 1770)    Born in Bristol to a poor schoolmaster, he was considered a dull boy at school, but by the age of eight he was a pupil at Colston s Hospital, the bluecoat school at Bristol. He left the school at fifteen and was apprenticed to a… …   British and Irish poets

  • Chatterton, Thomas — (20 nov. 1752, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Inglaterra– 24 ago. 1770, Londres). Poeta inglés. A los 11 años, Chatterton escribió una égloga pastoril en un viejo pergamino y logró hacerla pasar por una obra del s. XV. A partir de entonces, escribió… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Chatterton, Thomas — (1752 1770)    Poet, b. at Bristol, posthumous s. of a schoolmaster, who had been a man of some reading and antiquarian tastes, after whose death his mother maintained herself and her boy and girl by teaching and needlework. A black letter Bible… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • CHATTERTON, THOMAS —    a poet of great promise, had a tragic fate, born at Bristol, passed off while but a boy as copies of ancient MSS., and particularly of poems which he ascribed to one Rowley, a monk of the 17th century, what were compositions of his own,… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Thomas Chatterton — Chatterton redirects here. For other uses, see Chatterton (disambiguation). Thomas Chatterton Born 20 November 1752 Bristol, England Died 24 August 1770( …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas Rowley — Thomas Chatterton Thomas Chatterton Autres noms Thomas Rowley Activité(s) Poète Naissance 20 novembre 1752 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Thomas Chatterton — (* 20. November 1752 in Bristol; † 25. August 1770 in London) war ein englischer Dichter. Thomas Chatterton wurde als Sohn eines Küsters geboren und besuchte die Armenschule von Colston und schrieb mit elf Jahren bere …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Thomas Chatterton — Nacimiento 20 de noviembre de 1752 Bristol, Inglaterra …   Wikipedia Español

  • CHATTERTON (T.) — CHATTERTON THOMAS (1752 1770) Poète anglais dont la renommée a sans doute dépassé l’importance d’une œuvre brutalement interrompue par une mort tragique. Le suicide à dix huit ans de Thomas Chatterton a certes contribué à accréditer le mythe du… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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