Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Poet
BIRTHDAY
June 30,1803
Birthplace
England
Age
Jan 26,1849,age 45
Birth Sign
Cancer
BIRTHDAY
June 30,1803 (age Jan 26,1849,age 45)
Birthplace
England

About

British poet, playwright, and medical doctor who is best known for a blank-verse play entitled The Bride's Tragedy.

Before Fame

He studied medicine in Gottingen and Wurzburg, Germany.

Trivia

When he was forty-five years old, he committed suicide by poisoning himself.

Family Life

His maternal aunt, Maria Edgeworth, was also a writer. In addition, Beddoes' physician father was a friend of the renowned poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Associated With

Poet Arthur Symons harshly critiqued Beddoes' dramatic works.