William Beckford (author)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Beckford_(author)
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gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Bath_Abbey_Cemetery
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1760-10-01
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 1844-05-02
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:Balliol_College,_Oxford
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Gothic_fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Beckford (author)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Baudelaire
gptkb:Gothic_literature
gptkb:H._P._Lovecraft
gptkb:Jorge_Luis_Borges
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fonthill_Abbey
gptkb:Vathek
wealth
eccentricity
gptkbp:languageOfWork English
gptkbp:member gptkb:House_of_Commons_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Vathek
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:art
novelist
politician
travelers
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Maria_Hamilton
gptkb:William_Beckford_(politician)
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Bath,_Somerset
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Fonthill_Abbey
gptkbp:sexualOrientation bisexual
gptkbp:signature William Beckford signature.svg
gptkbp:subject biographies
gptkbp:title A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica
Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters
Letters from Italy with Sketches of Spain and Portugal
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