Edward Young

Edward Young

writer
poet
playwright
literary critic
Kingdom of Great Britain
✝️Anglicanism
Romanticism
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Edward Young was an English poet, best remembered for Night-Thoughts, a series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting his state of mind following several bereavements. It was one of the most popular poems of the century, influencing Goethe and Edmund Burke, among many others, and at the end of the century was illustrated by William Blake.

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1683 – 1765
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Born in
Upham
Educated at
Winchester CollegeCorpus Christi CollegeNew College

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  • 1683

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  • 1765

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