Question

When was Thomas Gray born?

• A. 1716
• B. 1750
• C. 1730
• D. 1768

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 1716

• Thomas Gray is one of the most important English poets of the 18th century.

• Born in Cornhill on December 26, 1716,

• Gray was the fifth of 12 children of Philip and Dorothy Antrobus Gray, and the only one to survive infancy.

• Thomas Gray belongs to Transitional period.

• Gray's poetry introduced new themes that would become characteristic of the Early Romantic Age, such as the simple country life and humble village people.