Question

When did Richard West die?

• A. 1742
• B. 1735
• C. 1750
• D. 1748

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 1742

• Thomas Gray and Richard West were close friends from their time at Eton.

• Gray's poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published in 1751, was partly inspired by West's death in 1742.

• Gray also wrote a Sonnet on the Death of Richard West.