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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:poet
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gptkbp:alma_mater
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gptkb:Pembroke_College,_Cambridge
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Cambridge_University
gptkb:The_Graveyard_School
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gptkbp:awards
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Honorary degree from Cambridge
Honorary degree from Trinity College, Cambridge
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1716-12-26
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gptkbp:born
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1716
December 26, 1716
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gptkbp:born_in
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gptkb:Cornhill,_London
1716
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gptkbp:contribution
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gptkb:literature
Development of English poetry
Pioneered the use of the elegy in English poetry
Revived interest in classical forms of poetry
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gptkbp:death_date
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1771-07-30
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gptkbp:death_place
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gptkb:Cambridge
gptkb:Pembroke_College,_Cambridge
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gptkbp:died
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1771
July 30, 1771
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gptkbp:died_in
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1771
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
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gptkbp:famous_for
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gptkb:Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Churchyard
gptkb:poetry
Lyric poetry
Lyrical poetry
Odes
Elegiac poetry
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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“ For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey.”
“ Full many a flower is born to blush unseen.”
“ Let not ambition mock their useful toil.”
“ The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.”
“ The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
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gptkbp:fellow
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gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:poetry
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Ode
gptkb:poetry
gptkb:Elegy
elegy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Thomas Gray
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gptkbp:influence_on
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gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkb:Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge
gptkb:John_Keats
gptkb:Alfred_Lord_Tennyson
gptkb:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
gptkb:poetry
gptkb:Romanticism
Literary criticism
Nature writing
Modern poetry
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Matthew_Arnold
gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkb:Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge
gptkb:John_Keats
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:W._H._Auden
gptkb:Philip_Larkin
gptkb:Thomas_Hardy
gptkb:Alfred_Lord_Tennyson
gptkb:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Romantic poets
Literature of the 18th century
Victorian poets
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Alexander_Pope
gptkb:John_Milton
gptkb:William_Collins
Classical literature
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gptkbp:inspiration
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gptkb:death
nature
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gptkbp:inspired
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Later poets
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gptkbp:known_for
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gptkb:Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Churchyard
gptkb:Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College
Philosophical reflections
Nature imagery
Melancholic themes
elegiac poetry
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:legacy
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Statues and memorials in his honor
Inspiration for modern poets
Commemorated in various literary societies
Considered a precursor to the Romantic movement.
Gray's Elegy remains widely studied
His themes often explore mortality and nature.
His works are included in anthologies.
Influence on later English literature
Influence on the Gothic novel
His style influenced the development of English poetry.
His poetry is characterized by its emotional depth.
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gptkbp:literary_movement
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gptkb:Romanticism
Augustan literature
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gptkbp:member
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gptkb:The_Club
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:The_Royal_Society
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:British
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gptkbp:notable_influence
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gptkb:Lord_Byron
gptkb:Samuel_Johnson
gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkb:Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge
gptkb:John_Keats
gptkb:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
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gptkbp:notable_song
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gptkb:The_Complete_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Collected_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Descent_of_Odin
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Progress_of_Poesy
gptkb:The_Works_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Churchyard
gptkb:The_Poetical_Works_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Letters_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College
gptkb:The_Selected_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Collected_Works_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Bard
gptkb:The_Complete_Works_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Greatest_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Greatest_Works_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Selected_Works_of_Thomas_Gray
The Death of the Author
The Fatal Sisters
The Churchyard
Ode to Spring
The Best Poems of Thomas Gray
The Triumphs of Owen
The Best Works of Thomas Gray
The Life and Writings of Thomas Gray
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:The_Progress_of_Poesy
gptkb:Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Churchyard
gptkb:Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College
gptkb:The_Bard
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:scholars
gptkb:Academic
gptkb:poet
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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gptkb:Cornhill,_London
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:Pembroke_College,_Cambridge
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gptkbp:posthumous_recognition
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gptkb:The_Works_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:Gray's_Inn
Widely studied in literature courses
Statue in Westminster Abbey
Letters of Thomas Gray
Gray's Elegy studied in schools
Literary societies named after him
Memorial in St. Paul's Cathedral
Poems by Thomas Gray
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:London
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gptkbp:resting_place
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St. Giles' Church, Stoke Poges
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gptkbp:spouse
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unmarried
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gptkbp:style
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gptkb:Neoclassicism
gptkb:Romanticism
Neoclassical
Romantic
Reflective
Lyrical
Elegiac
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:Beauty
gptkb:Loss
gptkb:Memory
gptkb:Nature
Mortality
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gptkbp:writings
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gptkb:literature
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gptkbp:wrote
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gptkb:The_Complete_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Collected_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Best_Essays_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Best_Letters_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Complete_Essays_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Complete_Letters_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Ode_on_the_Death_of_a_Favourite_Cat
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_with_a_Memoir
gptkb:The_Selected_Essays_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Selected_Letters_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Selected_Prose_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Collected_Essays_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Descent_of_Odin
gptkb:The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Collected_Prose_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Collected_Letters_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Progress_of_Poesy
gptkb:The_Works_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Poetical_Works_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Letters_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College
gptkb:The_Selected_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray
gptkb:The_Bard
gptkb:Ode_on_the_Death_of_a_Favourite_Cat
gptkb:The_Progress_of_Poesy:_A_Pindaric_Ode
gptkb:The_Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Churchyard
A Long Story
The Death of the Author
The Fatal Sisters
Ode to Spring
The Long Story
The Ode to Spring
The Bard: A Pindaric Ode
The Alliance of Education and Government
The Best Poems of Thomas Gray
The Best Prose of Thomas Gray
The Complete Prose of Thomas Gray
The Triumphs of Owen
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:John_Keats
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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