Horace Walpole

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Whig politician art historian human letter writer novelist politician writer

Horace Walpole was an 18th-century English writer, art historian, and politician best known for pioneering the Gothic novel with "The Castle of Otranto" and for his extensive correspondence.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Whig politician → art historian → human → letter writer → novelist → politician → writer →
architecturalProject	Strawberry Hill House →
birthName	Horatio Walpole →
burialPlace	St Martin's Church, Houghton, Norfolk →
causeOfDeath	gout →
correspondedWith	Horace Mann → Sir Horace Mann → Thomas Gray →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth	1717-09-24 →
dateOfDeath	1797-03-02 →
educatedAt	Eton College → King's College, Cambridge →
ethnicGroup	English →
familyName	Walpole →
father	Robert Walpole →
genre	Gothic fiction → art history → epistolary literature →
givenName	Horace →
honorificTitle	4th Earl of Orford →
influenced	Ann Radcliffe → Gothic revival in architecture → Matthew Gregory Lewis →
knownFor	Strawberry Hill House → The Castle of Otranto → extensive correspondence → pioneering the Gothic novel →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Parliament of Great Britain →
mother	Catherine Shorter →
movement	Gothic literature →
name	Horace Walpole →
nobleTitle	Earl of Orford →
notableWork	Anecdotes of Painting in England → Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third → The Castle of Otranto → The Mysterious Mother →
parliamentaryGroup	Whig Party →
placeOfBirth	England → London →
placeOfDeath	England → London →
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Callington → Member of Parliament for Castle Rising → Member of Parliament for King's Lynn →
residence	Strawberry Hill House →
sibling	Robert Walpole the younger →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anecdotes of Painting in England → Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third → The Castle of Otranto → The Mysterious Mother →	author
Conrad → Hippolita → Isabella → Matilda →	createdBy
A Sicilian Romance → Ann Radcliffe → Clara Reeve →	influencedBy
Strawberry Hill House → Strawberry Hill Press →	foundedBy
Strawberry Hill House → Strawberry Hill Press →	owner
Horace →	associatedWithPerson
Horace Walpole ("Horatio Walpole") →	birthName
Robert Walpole →	child
Horace Mann →	correspondent
Gothic literature →	firstMajorAuthor
Strawberry Hill Press →	founder
Horace →	hasNotableBearer
Horace Walpole →	name
Walpole family →	notableMember
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton ("Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford") →	notableRelative
Horace Walpole ("The Castle of Otranto") →	notableWork
Strawberry Hill Press →	operatedBy
Maria Skerrett →	relativeByMarriage
Strawberry Hill House →	significantPerson