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Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

LC control no.n 79029744
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6039.H55
Personal name headingThomas, Edward, 1878-1917
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Variant(s)Thomas, Philip Edward, 1878-1917
See alsoEastaway, Edward, 1878-1917
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Birth date1878-03-03
Death date1917-04-09
Place of birthLambeth (London, England)
Place of deathArras (France)
Profession or occupationPoets Authors
Found inOxford ... 1905.
The letters of Edward Thomas to Jesse Berridge, 1983: t.p. (Edward Thomas) p. 7 (Philip Edward Thomas)
LCCN 13012350: His George Borrow, 1912 (usage: Edward Thomas)
Oxford DNB, May 1, 2007 (Thomas, (Philip) Edward; b. Mar. 3, 1878, Lambeth, London, England; d. Apr. 9, 1917, during the first hour of the Battle of Arras; Poems (1917) was published under his pseudonym, Edward Eastaway)
Wikipedia, Dec. 4, 2012 (Edward Thomas; Philip Edward Thomas; born 3 March 1878; died 9 April 1917; Anglo-Welsh poet and essayist. He is commonly considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences. Already an accomplished writer, Thomas turned to poetry only in 1914. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army and was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917)
Associated languageeng