Edward Young

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Edward Young was an 18th-century English poet and cleric best known for his melancholic, meditative work "Night Thoughts," which made him a central figure among the Graveyard poets.

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Edward Young canonical 6

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instanceOf Anglican priest
English writer
clergyman
human
poet
academicDegree Doctor of Civil Law
birthDate 1683-07-03
birthPlace Upham, Hampshire, England
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1765-04-05
deathPlace Welwyn
surface form: Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
educatedAt Corpus Christi College, Oxford NERFINISHED
New College, Oxford
Winchester College
employer Church of England
ethnicGroup English
familyName Young
genre didactic literature
poetry
religious literature
givenName Edward
hasPart Night-Thoughts
surface form: Nine Nights (in Night-Thoughts)
influenced Edward Gibbon
Thomas Gray
early Romantic poets
influencedBy Alexander Pope
John Milton
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryPeriod 18th century
mannerOfDeath natural causes
movement Graveyard poets
name Edward Young self-link
notableWork Night-Thoughts
The Complaint, or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality
occupation clergyman
playwright
poet
theologian
positionHeld rector of Welwyn
royal chaplain
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Lee
workLocation London, England
Welwyn
surface form: Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
writingStyle meditative
melancholic

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Graveyard poets associatedWith Edward Young
Robert Dodsley supportedAuthor Edward Young
Robert Dodsley publisherOf Edward Young
Edward Young name Edward Young self-link
Night-Thoughts author Edward Young
Sir Edward Young name Edward Young