Works of de quincey

Thomas de Quincey was a nineteenth century author famous for writing “Confessions of an English Opium Eater”.

When and Where was he Born?

15th August 1785, 86 Cross Street, Manchester, England.

Family Background:

Thomas De Quincey was the fifth child and second son (of eight children) of Thomas a successful and wealthy linen merchant and his wife Elizabeth Penson.

Education:

Schools at Salford, Bath and Winkfield. Manchester Grammar School (ran away aged 17). Worcester College, Oxford (failed to take his degree).

Timeline of Thomas de Quincey

1790: Death of his sister Jane, aged three.

1792:Death of his sister Elizabeth, aged nine.

1793: Death of his father.

1796: He is taken by his mother to live in Bath. He enters Bath Grammar School. His mother takes the name “De Quincey.”

1799: He goes to Winkfield School, Wiltshire where he reads Wordsworth and Coleridge’s “Lyrical Ball Biography channel ghost kit!