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Thomas Gray
English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771)
For other uses, see Thomas Gray (disambiguation).
Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College.
He is widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751.[1]
Gray was a self-critical writer who published only 13 poems in his lifetime, despite being very popular.
He was even offered the position of Poet Laureate in 1757 after the death of Colley Cibber, though he declined.[2]
Early life and education
Thomas Gray was born in Cornhill, London. His father, Philip Gray, was a scrivener and his mother, Dorothy Antrobus, was a milliner.[3] He was the fifth of twelve children, and the only one to survive infancy.[4] An 1803 newspaper article including a biography of Gray suggests that Gray almost died in infanc
