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Thomas Gilbert (1713-1747) was an English poet.

Life[]

Youth and education[]

Gilbert was the son of a London gentleman.[1]

He studied at Eton College, 1725-1728.[1]

In 1729 he entered Trinity College, Oxford, earning a B.A. in 1733. From 1736 to 1744 he was a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he earned an M.A. in 1737.[1]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • A View of the Town: In an epistle to a friend in the country: A satire. London: privately published, printed by R. Penny, 1735.
  • The World Unmask'd: A satire. London: J. Mechell, 1738.
  • A panegyric on a court. London: J. Mechell, 1739.
  • The first satire of Juvenal imitated. London: H. Goreham, 1740.
  • The Second Epistle of the First Book of Horace imitated. London: T. Cooper, 1741.
  • Poems on Several Occasions. London: Charles Bathurst, 1747.
  • A Satire on All Parties: A poem. London: W. Owen, 1749.

Anthologized[]

  • Latin and English Poems (edited by Benjamin Loveling). London: Charles Bathurst, 1741.


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Thomas Gilbert (1713-1747), English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, June 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ Search results = au:Thomas Gilbert 1713, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, June 26, 2016.

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