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William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 – 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art critic, planter and politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner . The son of William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton , he served as a Member of Parliament for Wells in 1784–1790 and ...
30 de abr. de 2024 · William Beckford was an eccentric English dilettante, author of the Gothic novel Vathek (1786). Such writers as George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Stéphane Mallarmé acknowledged his genius. He also is renowned for having built Fonthill Abbey, the most sensational building of the English Gothic Revival.
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William Thomas Beckford (1 de Outubro de 1760 - 2 de Maio de 1844), mais conhecido apenas por William Beckford, foi um aristocrata inglês, romancista, autor de Vathek , crítico de arte, escritor de viagens e político inglês. Foi perseguido nos últimos anos da sua vida devido à sua homossexualidade. [carece de fontes?]
A silhouette portrait of Beckford. William Beckford of Somerley (13/24 September 1744 – 5 February 1799) was a Jamaican-born planter and writer who wrote on the topography and conditions of slavery in the British colony of Jamaica and the history of France.
30 de out. de 2020 · Although known for his remarkable art collection on display at Brodick Castle, and his imagination as a writer and designer, William Beckford is a controversial figure. William Beckford was born in 1760 at either the Beckfords’ London house in King Square, now known as Soho Square, or at Fonthill Splendens, a Palladian mansion on ...
Beckford is now best known for his Gothic-influenced oriental tale The History of the Caliph Vathek ( 1786 ); Vathek , originally published in French, tells the story of the deranged eponymous caliph's vicious life and final descent into hell. In his own day, though, his fame depended at least as much upon his unconventional life.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Below is the article summary. For the full article, see William Beckford . William Beckford, (born Sept. 29, 1760, London, Eng.—died May 2, 1844, Bath, Somerset), English dilettante, novelist, and eccentric. He is remembered for his gothic novel Vathek (1786), about an impious voluptuary who builds a ...
