Thomas Love Peacock
Thomas Love Peacock
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an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work.
Born
18 October 1785 Weymouth, Dorset, England
Died
23 January 1866 (aged 80) Lower Halliford, Shepperton, Surrey, England
Nationality
British
adultbasic
Britain
Children
4, including Edward Gryffydh Peacock
era
1800+
Notable works
Nightmare Abbey (1818) Crotchet Castle (1831)
Spouse
Jane Gryffydh ( m. 1820; died 1865)