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Thomas De Quincey

1785 - 1859

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Thomas Penson De Quincey (; né Thomas Penson Quincey; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas De Quincey is the 450th most popular writer (up from 1,015th in 2019), the 418th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 780th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Writer.

Thomas de Quincey is most famous for his autobiographical essay "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater."

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Among writers, Thomas De Quincey ranks 450 out of 7,302. Before him are Vuk Karadžić, Jim Corbett, Raymond Chandler, Athenaeus, Henry James, and Philip Larkin. After him are Philip Roth, Demetrius Vikelas, Jo Nesbø, Carl Spitteler, Louis Aragon, and Marguerite Yourcenar.

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Among people born in 1785, Thomas De Quincey ranks 5. Before him are Louis XVII of France, Mahmud II, Jacob Grimm, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. After him are Alessandro Manzoni, Karl Drais, Lin Zexu, William Jackson Hooker, Claude-Louis Navier, Bettina von Arnim, and Florestan I, Prince of Monaco. Among people deceased in 1859, Thomas De Quincey ranks 9. Before him are Klemens von Metternich, Alexis de Tocqueville, Oscar I of Sweden, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Wilhelm Grimm, and Carl Ritter. After him are John Vianney, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Josip Jelačić, Washington Irving, Louis Spohr, and John Brown.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas De Quincey ranks 418 out of 8,785. Before him are Harthacnut (1018), Edward Burnett Tylor (1832), Liz Truss (1975), William Lassell (1799), Andrew Carnegie (1835), and Philip Larkin (1922). After him are Margaret Tudor (1489), William Laud (1573), Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486), Samuel Butler (1835), William Morris (1834), and Alexander Selkirk (1676).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Thomas De Quincey ranks 42. Before him are Christopher Marlowe (1564), William Wordsworth (1770), Graham Greene (1904), John Galsworthy (1867), Ian Fleming (1908), and Philip Larkin (1922). After him are Samuel Butler (1835), Ken Follett (1949), Arnold Bennett (1867), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), Thomas Paine (1737), and G. K. Chesterton (1874).

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