Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Shelley S. Rees

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University), Emily Rohrbach (University of Durham)

Dates

Born 30 Jun 1803
Died Jan 1849
Activity 1821-1849

Places

Born in England
Active in England; Germany

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist
Poet
Scholar

Other

Dissenter
Letter-writer/ Diarist
Physician/ Doctor

Resources

Beddoes' Works

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Thomas Lovell Beddoes was born June 30, 1803, at Clifton, Bristol. His parents were the famous Dr. Thomas Beddoes, physician, scientist, co-founder of the Pneumatic Institute, doctor and friend to Coleridge, and Anna Maria Edgeworth, sister to novelist Maria Edgeworth. After proving himself an intelligent but disruptive student at Charterhouse School, T. L. Beddoes entered Pembroke, Oxford, publishing a volume of poems,

The Improvisatore

(1821), and his first play,

The Brides’ Tragedy

(1822), while still a student there.

The Brides’ Tragedy

in particular garnered impressive critical attention, and Beddoes seemed on the brink of a successful literary career. He spent the summer of 1823 reading for his Oxford degree in Southampton, where he was introduced to Thomas Forbes Kelsall, with…

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Citation: Rees, Shelley S.. "Thomas Lovell Beddoes". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 February 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=324, accessed 22 November 2024.]