Thomas de Quincey


 
 
Thomas de Quincey

Thomas de Quincey (August 15, 1785 – December 8, 1859) was an English author and intellectual.

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He was born in Manchester. His father was a successful businessman with an interest in literature; he died when Thomas was quite young. Soon after Thomas's birth the family moved to The Farm, and later to Greenhay, a larger country house near Manchester. In 1796 De Quincey's mother, now a widow, moved to Bath and enrolled him at King Edward's School, Bath.


 

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