Thomas Penson De Quincey was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West.
Thomas de Quincey by Sir John Watson-Gordon
Bust of Thomas De Quincey, by Sir John Steell
Fox Ghyll, near Rydal, Cumbria, De Quincey's home from 1820 to 1825
Thomas Penson de Quincey's home at 1 Forres Street, Edinburgh
Chorlton-on-Medlock is an inner city area of Manchester, England.
The former Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall
Kro Bar, 325 Oxford Road
Upper Brook Street in 1966
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, 1886–2009