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Thomas Gray Historian

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Dec 26, 1716
  • Died: Jul 30, 1771

Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.