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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instanceOf abolitionist ⓘ
children's writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
political thinker ⓘ
writer ⓘ
associatedWith Birmingham ⓘ
Wargrave, Berkshire ⓘ
birthDate 1748-06-22 ⓘ
birthPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
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 ⓘ
Enlightenment ⓘ
radicalism ⓘ
name Thomas Day ⓘ
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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The Dying Negro → author → Thomas Day ⓘ
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Esther Milnes → spouse → Thomas Day ⓘ
Day → hasNotableBearer → Thomas Day ⓘ
Tommy Merton → hasCreator → Thomas Day ⓘ
Harry Sandford → createdBy → Thomas Day ⓘ
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