De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859

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Name (Hebrew)
דה קוינסי, תומס, 1785-1859
Name (Latin)
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859
Name (Arabic)
كونسى، توماس دى
Other forms of name
De Quincy, Thomas, 1785-1859
DeQuincey, Thomas, 1785-1859
Quincy, Thomas de, 1785-1859
Quincey, Thomas de, 1785-1859
Kvinsi, Tomas de, 1785-1859
De Kvinsi, Tomas, 1785-1859
دى كونسى، توماس
Date of birth
1785
Date of death
1859
Associated country
Great Britain
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 14768427
Wikidata: Q317160
Library of congress: n 50001719
Sources of Information
  • His Confessions of an English opium-eater ... 1866.
  • Opium, 1999:p. 13 (Tomas de Kvinsi; b. Aug. 16, 1785; d. Dec. 8., 1859)
  • Smith, Lloyd E. How to improve your conversation, c1927:t.p. (Thomas DeQuincey)
  • The Faber book of opera, 2000:p. viii (Thomas de Quincy) p. 195 (Thomas de Quincey)
  • Wikipedia, viewed September 13, 2021Thomas De Quincey page (Thomas De Quincey; Thomas Penson De Quincey; English writer, essayist, and literary critic; born in Manchester, Lancashire; died in Edinburgh, Scotland)
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Wikipedia description:

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 Western world.

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