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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 ...
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?]
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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A Abadia de Fonthill foi uma grande construção neogótica erguida no século XIX em Wiltshire, na Inglaterra, por William Thomas Beckford . Histórico. A Abadia de Fonthill foi uma extravagância de Beckford, filho de um rico comerciante de açúcar.
William Beckford (baptized December 19, 1709, Jamaica, British West Indies—died June 21, 1770, London, England) was a gentleman merchant, member of Parliament, and lord mayor of London (1762–63, 1769–70) who was particularly noted as a pioneer of the radical movement.
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17 de fev. de 2011 · Print this page. William Beckford. Slave plantation owner, lord mayor, politician. William Beckford was born in Jamaica, the son of a leading sugar plantation owner who, at his death in...
6 de mar. de 2007 · BY Amy Frost. Jamaican sugar plantations and African slaves were the source of the Beckford family's wealth... When William Beckford (1760-1844), the famous writer, collector and recluse, was...
