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James Thomson
(1700-1748)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Thomson, James, 1700-1748
NRA:    Thomson James (1700-1748) Poet
DNB:    Thomson, James (1700-1748), poet
LBT ID: JaThoms1748    VIAF ID: 14778969    LOC ID: n79065635		B/BAP:   1700-09-11
DIED:   1748-08-27
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Anglo-Scottish poet and playwright; while his descriptive poem, The Seasons (1726-30), was perhaps the most popular poem of the eighteenth century, the poets tended to admire more his Spenserian burlesque, The Castle of Indolence (1748).
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