Thomas Day

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Thomas Day was an 18th-century British author and radical thinker best known for his didactic children's book "The History of Sandford and Merton" and his involvement in Enlightenment and reformist circles.

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Thomas Day canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist
children's writer
human
political thinker
writer
associatedWith Birmingham
Wargrave, Berkshire
birthDate 1748-06-22
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
causeOfDeath riding accident
closeFriend Richard Lovell Edgeworth
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1789-09-28
deathPlace Barehill, near Dorking, Surrey
describedAs didactic moralist
radical thinker
educatedAt Charterhouse School
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
genre children's literature
didactic literature
political writing
influenced children's moral education in Britain
late 18th-century reformist discourse
influencedBy Jean-Jacques Rousseau
languageOfWorkOrName English
marriedTo Esther Milnes
memberOf Lunar Society of Birmingham
movement British abolitionist movement
Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment

radicalism
name Thomas Day self-link
notableWork The Dying Negro
The History of Little Jack
The History of Sandford and Merton
occupation author
philosopher
political activist
period 18th century
philosophicalView Rousseauian educational theory
placeOfBurial St Mary's Church, Wargrave
religion Unitarianism
supportedCause abolition of the slave trade
political reform
wrote An Essay on the Treatment and Conversion of African Slaves
Poetical Trifles
The Dying Negro
The History of Little Jack
The History of Sandford and Merton

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Thomas Day name Thomas Day self-link
The Dying Negro author Thomas Day
Poetical Trifles author Thomas Day
Poetical Trifles creator Thomas Day
Poetical Trifles authorName Thomas Day
Esther Milnes spouse Thomas Day
Day hasNotableBearer Thomas Day