Thomas Warton

(b. Jan. 9, 1728, Basingstoke, Hampshire – d. May 21, 1790, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England )

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Thomas Warton (1728-1790) was a literary historian and critic, and from 1785-1790 was the English Poet Laureate. He was the son of poet Thomas Warton “the Elder”, and was Professor of Poetry at Oxford University from 1757-1767. His first major work was Observations on the Faerie Queene of Spenser, published in 1754, but he was best known for his three-volume History of English Poetry (1774-1781).

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Thomas Warton

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Title	EMCO ID
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie	16
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie	2160
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie	2187
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie	2189
Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to James Beattie	2198

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