Thomas Gray

Main Poets of the Augustan Age (1700-1798) 1- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)2- Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)3- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)4- William Collins (1721-1759)5- Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774)6- William Cowper (1731-1800)7- George Crabbe (1754-1832)8- Robert Burns (1759-1796) 1- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet, critic, and satirist.Born in- Lombard Street, London.Well known for- His heroic epic- ‘The Rape of the Lock’ published in 1712. 2- Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English poet, biographer, critic and lexicographer Born in- Lichfield, Staffordshire, 1709First major work- ‘London-Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal’May-1738 3- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) Born in- Cornhill, London, 1716Father- Philip GrayMother- Dorothy Gray,Gray declined the offer of becoming Poet Laureate in 1775. 4- William Collins (1721-1759) Born in- Chichester, England, 1721First work published- ‘The Royal Nuptials'Well…

Major Poets of the Augustan Age (1700-1798) 1- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)2- Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)3- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)4- William Collins (1721-1759)5- Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774)6- William Cowper (1731-1800)7- George Crabbe (1754-1832)8- Robert Burns (1759-1796) 1- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet, critic, and satirist.Born in- Lombard Street, London.Well known for- His heroic epic- ‘The Rape of the Lock’ published in 1712. 2- Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English poet, biographer, critic and lexicographer Born in- Lichfield, Staffordshire, 1709First major work- ‘London-Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal’May-1738 3- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) Born in- Cornhill, London, 1716Father- Philip GrayMother- Dorothy Gray,Gray declined the offer of becoming Poet Laureate in 1775. 4- William Collins (1721-1759) Born in- Chichester, England, 1721First work published- ‘The Royal Nuptials'Well…