Thomas De Quincey
Thomas De Quincey
Thomas de Quincey by Sir John Watson-Gordon
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an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821)
Born
Thomas Penson De Quincey 15 August 1785 Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died
8 December 1859 (aged 74) Edinburgh, Scotland
adultbasic
Britain
era
1800+
Notable works
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater " On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth "
Resting place
St Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh