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Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard , published in 1751.
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (1455–1501), English nobleman and courtier, also Earl of Huntingdon; Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset (1477–1530), English magnate and courtier, son of the above; Thomas Grey (Staffordshire MP) (by 1508–1559), MP for Staffordshire in 1554; Thomas Grey (Norwich MP) (by 1519–58), MP for Norwich in 1557
First page of Dodsley's illustrated edition of Gray's Elegy with illustration by Richard Bentley. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. [1] The poem's origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742.
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For other uses, see Bard (disambiguation). Title-page of The Bard illustrated by William Blake, c. 1798 The Bard. A Pindaric Ode (1757) is a poem by Thomas Gray, set at the time of Edward I's conquest of Wales. Inspired partly by his researches into medieval history and literature, partly by his discovery of Welsh harp music, it was itself a potent influence on future generations of poets and ...
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It is a fictional retelling based on The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia, a first-hand account of Turner's confessions published by a local lawyer, Thomas R. Gray, in 1831. [1] Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. [2]
For 61-year-old Melvin “Mel” Gray, a Kansas City veteran who served in the Army, Air Force and National Guard, finding family members he never knew about made his life “more whole.”