Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
video advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!
Click to donate today!
Bible Encyclopedias
Chatterton, Thomas
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Search for
Resource Toolbox
A poet of great promise, had a tragic fate, born at Bristol, passed off while but a boy as copies of ancient MSS., and particularly of poems which he ascribed to one Rowley, a monk of the 17th century, what were compositions of his own, exhibiting a genius of no small literary, not to say lyric, power; having vainly endeavoured to persuade any one of their genuineness, though he had hopes of the patronage of Sir Robert Walpole, he left Bristol for London, and made vehement efforts with his pen to bespeak regard, but failed; grew desperate, and committed suicide at the early age of 18 (1752-1770).
Copyright Statement
Public Domain.
Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Chatterton, Thomas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/chatterton-thomas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Chatterton, Thomas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/chatterton-thomas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.