Thomas Chatterton

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Thomas Chatterton was an 18th-century English poet and literary forger, celebrated as a precocious Romantic precursor whose tragic early death at 17 made him a symbol of the misunderstood genius.

All labels observed (3)

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Chatterton 3
Thomas Chatterton canonical 3
Thomas Chatterton Sr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic precursor ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary forger ⓘ
poet ⓘ
ageAtDeath 17 ⓘ
apprenticedTo John Lambert ⓘ
apprenticeshipOccupation attorney's clerk ⓘ
burialPlace St Andrew's Churchyard, Holborn (unmarked grave) ⓘ
causeOfDeath poisoning ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdCharacter Thomas Rowley ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1752-11-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1770-08-24 ⓘ
describedAs precocious genius ⓘ
symbol of the misunderstood genius ⓘ
educatedAt Colston's Hospital, Bristol ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Chatterton ⓘ
father Thomas Chatterton Sr. ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Chatterton
genre literary forgery ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
hasInfluenced John Keats ⓘ
Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
Romantic poets ⓘ
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
William Wordsworth ⓘ
inspiredBy antiquarian interest in medieval England ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryPeriod pre-Romantic ⓘ
mannerOfDeath suicide ⓘ
mother Sarah Chatterton ⓘ
movement Gothic revival (literature) ⓘ
linked to: Gothic literature

Romanticism ⓘ
name Thomas Chatterton ⓘ
notableFor Rowley forgeries ⓘ
medieval-style pseudo-chronicles ⓘ
notableWork African Eclogues ⓘ
Kew Gardens (satire) ⓘ
Rowley poems ⓘ
The Bristowe Tragedie ⓘ
The Execution of Sir Charles Bawdin ⓘ
The Ryse of Peyncteynge in England ⓘ
Ælla, a Tragycal Enterlude ⓘ
occupation literary forger ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bristol ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
portrayedIn The Death of Chatterton (painting by Henry Wallis) ⓘ
residence Bristol ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
sibling Mary Chatterton ⓘ
subjectOf biographical studies in Romantic literature ⓘ

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

Strawberry Hill circle → hasMember → Thomas Chatterton ⓘ
Endymion → dedicatedTo → Thomas Chatterton ⓘ
Thomas Chatterton → name → Thomas Chatterton ⓘ
Thomas Chatterton → father → Thomas Chatterton Sr. ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Chatterton
French Romantic theatre → majorWork → Chatterton ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Chatterton
Cru → hasTrack → Chatterton ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Chatterton
Peter Ackroyd → notableWork → Chatterton ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Chatterton