William Beckford (novelist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Beckford (novelist)

English novelist

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1760

Place of Birth: Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-May-1844

Profession: writer, architect, politician, novelist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

William Thomas Beckford (1 October 1760 – 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England.
His parents were William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon.
George Hamilton.
He was Member of Parliament for Wells from 1784 to 1790, for Hindon from 1790 to 1795 and 1806 to 1820. He is remembered as the author of the Gothic novel Vathek (1786), the builder of the remarkable lost Fonthill Abbey and Lansdown Tower ("Beckford's Tower"), Bath, and especially for his art collection.



Description	British portrait painter
Date of birth/death	15 December 1734 (in Julian calendar)	15 November 1802
Location of birth/death	Dalton-in-Furness (then in Lancashire)	Kendal (then in Westmorland)
Work location	London, Kendal
Authority control	: Q371280 VIAF: 39646668 ISNI: 0000 0000 8118 9431 ULAN: 500115779 LCCN: n50048289 NLA: 35460763 WorldCat