Thomas Warton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Warton

English literary historian, critic, poet

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1728

Place of Birth: Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-May-1790

Profession: writer, poet, historian, literary critic, literary historian

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Thomas Warton (9 January 1728 – 21 May 1790) was an English literary historian, critic, and poet.
From 1785 to 1790 he was the Poet Laureate of England.
He is sometimes called Thomas Warton the younger to distinguish him from his father Thomas Warton the elder.
His most famous poem remains The Pleasures of Melancholy, a representative work of the Graveyard poets.