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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Whig politician ⓘ
art historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
letter writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Chute → associatedWith → Horace Walpole ⓘ
Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland → author → Horace Walpole ⓘ
Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland → compiler → Horace Walpole ⓘ
Lady Mary Coke → correspondent → Horace Walpole ⓘ