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About Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751. Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular. He was even offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1757 after the death of Colley Cibber, though he declined.
Everything about Thomas Gray →- Occupation
- poet, literary critic, writer, historian
- Position held
- Regius Professor of History, Cambridge University
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- December 26, 1716, 1716
- Died
- July 30, 1771, 1771