James Thomson

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James Thomson was an 18th-century Scottish poet best known for his influential patriotic verse and the poem cycle "The Seasons."

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Life of James Thomson 1

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instanceOf Scottish poet
person
poet
birthDate 1700-09-11
birthPlace Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland NERFINISHED
burialPlace Richmond, London, England NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1748-08-27
deathPlace Richmond, London, England NERFINISHED
education University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED
employer Frederick, Prince of Wales NERFINISHED
era 18th century
genre drama
poetry
influenced English nature poetry
James Beattie NERFINISHED
Romantic poets
Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED
William Wordsworth NERFINISHED
influencedBy Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED
John Milton NERFINISHED
knownFor Rule, Britannia! NERFINISHED
The Seasons NERFINISHED
patriotic verse
language English
movement Augustan poetry NERFINISHED
name James Thomson NERFINISHED
nationality Scottish
notableWork Alfred NERFINISHED
Liberty NERFINISHED
Rule, Britannia! NERFINISHED
The Seasons NERFINISHED
occupation playwright
poet
residence London, England
surface form: London

Richmond, London NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
wrote Alfred NERFINISHED
Autumn NERFINISHED
Liberty NERFINISHED
Rule, Britannia! NERFINISHED
Sophonisba NERFINISHED
Spring NERFINISHED
Summer NERFINISHED
Tancred and Sigismunda NERFINISHED
The Seasons NERFINISHED
Winter NERFINISHED

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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets hasPart James Thomson
this entity surface form: Life of James Thomson
Rule, Britannia! hasTextBy James Thomson
Rule, Britannia! lyricist James Thomson