Thomas Wyatt

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Thomas Wyatt was a 16th-century English poet and diplomat credited with introducing the sonnet form into English literature during the Renaissance.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sir Thomas Wyatt 9
Thomas Wyatt canonical 8
Thomas Wyatt the Elder 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance poet ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
activeIn Tudor court ⓘ
adaptedFrom Italian sonnet form ⓘ
birthYear 1503 ⓘ
causeOfDeath fever ⓘ
child Thomas Wyatt the Younger ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathYear 1542 ⓘ
educatedAt St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer Henry VIII of England ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
father Henry Wyatt ⓘ
fullName Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
genre poetry ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
influenced English sonneteers ⓘ
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey ⓘ
influencedBy Francesco Petrarca ⓘ
Italian Renaissance poetry ⓘ
introducedForm Petrarchan sonnet into English ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf English court of Henry VIII ⓘ
linked to: Court of Henry VIII
movement English Renaissance ⓘ
name Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
notableFor introducing the sonnet form into English literature ⓘ
notableWork I Find No Peace ⓘ
They Flee from Me ⓘ
Whoso List to Hunt ⓘ
occupation courtier ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
poet ⓘ
patron Henry VIII of England ⓘ
placeOfBirth Allington Castle, Kent ⓘ
placeOfDeath Sherborne, Dorset ⓘ
linked to: Sherborne
positionHeld Member of Parliament ⓘ
ambassador ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Brooke ⓘ
linked to: Elisabeth Brooke
style courtly love poetry ⓘ
subjectOf studies in English Renaissance poetry ⓘ
translatedFrom Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
usedMetre iambic pentameter ⓘ
wroteInLanguage English ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wyatt → hasNotableBearer → Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
Thomas Wyatt → name → Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
Thomas Wyatt → fullName → Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey → contemporaryOf → Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
Thomas Wyatt the Younger → father → Thomas Wyatt the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
Renaissance lyric tradition → hasKeyFigure → Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
Tudor England → notableWriter → Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
Whoso List to Hunt → author → Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
They Flee from Me → author → Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
I Find No Peace → author → Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
I Find No Peace → poet → Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
I Find No Peace → hasOriginalAuthor → Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
Allington Castle, Kent → notableResident → Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
Henry Wyatt → child → Thomas Wyatt the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt
Henry Wyatt → fatherOf → Sir Thomas Wyatt ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Wyatt