Thomas De Quincey
English writer and essayist
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Thomas Penson De Quincey was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction... Wikipedia
Born: August 15, 1785, Manchester, United Kingdom
Died: December 8, 1859 (age 74 years), Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Place of burial: The Parish Church of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Children: Paul Frederick de Quincey and Florence Elizabeth De Quincey
Parents: Thomas Quincey and Elizabeth Penson
Spouse: Margaret De Quincey (m. 1816–1837)
