Thomas Gray
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Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in
Portrait by John Giles Eccardt, 1747–1748
Plaque marking Thomas Gray's birthplace at 39 Cornhill, London
Monument, in Stoke Poges, inscribed with Gray's Elegy
William Blake's illustration for Thomas Gray
Scrivener
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A scrivener is a professional copyist or scribe whose occupation involves writing or preparing official documents, such as deeds, contracts, mortgages, and other legal instruments, typically for a fee
Thomas Gray
…Poet Laureate in 1757 after the death of Colley Cibber, though he declined. Thomas Gray was born in Cornhill, London. His father, Philip Gray, was a scrivener and his mother, Dorothy Antrobus, was a milliner. He was the fifth of twelve children, and the only one to survive infancy. An 1803 newspaper article…
An écrivain public in Chambéry, France
A historical reenactment of a 15th-century scrivener recording the will of a man-at-arms