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Thomas Lovell Beddoes was born in Clifton, Shropshire, in 1803, to a distinguished and eccentric family..
In his life he was a controversial figure and judgement and detached appreciation of his work was often made impossible by anger at his 'revolutionary'.
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
English poet, dramatist and physician
Thomas Lovell Beddoes | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1803-06-30)30 June 1803 Clifton, Bristol, England |
| Died | 26 January 1849(1849-01-26) (aged 45) Basel, Switzerland |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, poet, dramatist |
Thomas Lovell Beddoes (30 June 1803[1] – 26 January 1849) was an English poet, dramatist and physician.
Biography
Born in Clifton, Bristol, England, he was the son of Dr. Thomas Beddoes, a friend of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Anna, sister of Maria Edgeworth. He was educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Oxford.
He published in 1821 The Improvisatore, which he afterwards endeavoured to suppress.
When I write to Bourne to begin with telling him that I have been dead a fortnight-make my will and say a fine angel wanting to visit Earth pulled on my carcase.His next venture, a blank-verse drama called The Bride's Tragedy (1822), was published and well reviewed, and won for him the friendship of Barry Cornwall.
Beddoes's work shows a constant preoccupation with death.
In 1824, he went to Göttingen to study medicine,