De Quincey, Thomas — born Aug. 15, 1785, Manchester, Lancashire, Eng. died Dec. 8, 1859, Edinburgh, Scot. English essayist and critic. While a student at Oxford he first took opium to relieve the pain of facial neuralgia. He became a lifelong addict, an experience… … Universalium
De Quincey, Thomas — (1785 1859) Essayist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a merchant in Manchester, was b. there. The aristocratic De was assumed by himself, his f., whom he lost while he was still a child, having been known by the name of Quincey, and he claimed… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
DE QUINCEY, THOMAS — a great English prose writer, born in Manchester; son of a merchant called Quincey; his father dying, he was under a guardian, who put him to school, from which in the end he ran away, wandered about in Wales for a time, and by and by found… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
De Quincey,Thomas — De Quin·cey (dĭ kwĭnʹsē, zē), Thomas. 1785 1859. British writer best known for his autobiographical Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821). * * * … Universalium
Quincey, Thomas de — ► (1785 1859) Escritor británico. Autor de Confesiones de un inglés comedor de opio … Enciclopedia Universal
Thomas De Quincey — from the frontispiece of Revolt of the Tartars … Wikipedia
Thomas de Quincey — Thomas De Quincey. Thomas De Quincey, auch Thomas de Quincey (* 15. August 1785 in Manchester; † 8. Dezember 1859 in Edinburgh), war ein britischer Schriftsteller, Essayist und Journalist. Am bekannte … Deutsch Wikipedia
Thomas De Quincey — Thomas De Quincey. Thomas De Quincey, auch Thomas de Quincey (* 15. August 1785 in Manchester; † 8. Dezember 1859 in Edinburgh), war ein britischer Schriftsteller, Essayist und Journalist. A … Deutsch Wikipedia
Thomas De Quincey — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Quincey. Thomas de Quincey, (Manchester, 15 août 1785 – Édimbourg, 8 décembre 1859), est un écrivain britannique … Wikipédia en Français
Thomas de quincey — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Quincey. Thomas de Quincey, (Manchester, 15 août 1785 – Édimbourg, 8 décembre 1859), est un écrivain britannique … Wikipédia en Français
Thomas de Quincey — Thomas de Quincey. Thomas de Quincey (Mánchester, 15 de agosto de 1785 Edimburgo, 8 de diciembre de 1859), periodista, crítico, y escritor británico del Romanticismo … Wikipedia Español
