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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Label	Occurrences
Horace Walpole canonical	50
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford	1
Horace Walpole’s collection	1
Horatio Walpole	1
The Castle of Otranto	1

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architecturalProject	Strawberry Hill House ⓘ
birthName	Horace Walpole self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Horatio Walpole
burialPlace	Church of St Martin, Houghton ⓘ surface form: St Martin's Church, Houghton, Norfolk
causeOfDeath	gout ⓘ
correspondedWith	Horace Mann ⓘ Horace Mann ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: King's College, Cambridge
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Viscount Walpole ⓘ surface form: Walpole
father	Robert Walpole ⓘ
genre	Gothic fiction ⓘ art history ⓘ epistolary literature ⓘ
givenName	Horace ⓘ
honorificTitle	Earl of Orford ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
nobleTitle	Earl of Orford ⓘ
notableWork	Anecdotes of Painting in England ⓘ Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third ⓘ Horace Walpole self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Castle of Otranto The Mysterious Mother ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup	Whig Party ⓘ
placeOfBirth	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Robert Walpole the younger

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