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Thomas De Quincey
1785 – 1859 · aged 74
British author (1785–1859)
- Born
- 15 Aug 1785 · Manchester
- Died
- 8 Dec 1859 · Edinburgh
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- 15 Aug 1785BornBorn in Manchester
- 8 Dec 1859DiedDied in Edinburgh
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- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
Biography
Thomas Penson De Quincey (né Thomas Penson Quincey; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the Western world.
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