This article is about the 18th-century Irish poet. For the 19th-century Scottish poet, see Thomas Atkinson (Scottish poet).
Thomas Atkinson (1770-1799 fl.) was an Irish poet born in England.[1]
Thomas Atkinson, Hibernian Eclogus (1791). Gale ECCO, 2018. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Life[]
Atkinson was born in Durham.[1]
His father, a lieutenant, died when the boy was an infant.[1]
He attended Kirby Hill School in Yorkshire, preparing for a career in the ministry; but was removed from school when his mother became a quaker. He was then apprenticed to a surgeon and apothecary in Newcastle.[1]
In 1789, on the expectation of inheriting property, he and his mother moved to Ireland, where he published 2 books of poetry.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Hibernian Eclogues: To which are added miscellaneous poems. Dublin: privately published, 1791.
- A Poetical Epistle from Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, to Leopold the Second, Emperor of Germany. London: A. Hamilton, 1791.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Thomas Atkinson(1770-1799 fl.), English Poetry, 1579-1830. Web, Apr. 21, 2016.
- ↑ Search results = au:Thomas Atkinson 1750-1800, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Apr. 21, 2016.
External links[]
- Poems
- Thomas Atkinson (1770-1799 fl.) at English Poetry, 1579-1830 (info & 7 poems)
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