| LC control no. | n 79065635 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR3730 PR3734 |
| Personal name heading | Thomson, James, 1700-1748 |
| Variant(s) | Thomson, Mr. (James), 1700-1748 Thomson, J. (James), 1700-1748 Thomson, Jakob, 1700-1748 Thomson, Jacopo, 1700-1748 Thompson, James, 1700-1748 |
| Located | Richmond upon Thames (London, England) |
| Birth date | 1700-09 |
| Death date | 1748-08-27 |
| Place of birth | Ednam (Scotland) |
| Profession or occupation | Dramatists Poets |
| Found in | InU/3 cent. drama files (usage: Mr. Thomson; J. Thomson; Jakob Thomson; Jacopo Thomson) The seasons, 1837: t.p. (James Thompson) p. 3 (Mr. James Thomson) The seasons, 1778: title page (by James Thomson) Wikipedia; 21 February 2018 (James Thomson (poet, born 1700); James Thomson (c. 11 September 1700--27 August 1748) was a British poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!"; James Thomson was born in Ednam in Roxburghshire around 11 September 1700 and baptised on 15 September; in later years, Thomson lived in Richmond upon Thames, and it was there that he wrote his final work The Castle of Indolence, which was published just before his untimely death on 27 August 1748; Johnson writes about Thomson's death, "by taking cold on the water between London and Kew, he caught a disorder, which, with some careless exasperation, ended in a fever that put end to his life;" he is buried in St. Mary Magdalene church in Richmond) |
| Associated language | eng |
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