Selected Poetry of Thomas Tickell (1685-1740)
from Representative Poetry On-line
Prepared by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto
from 1912 to the present and published by the University of Toronto Press from 1912 to 1967.
RPO Edited by Ian Lancashire
A UTEL (University of Toronto English Library) Edition
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services,
University of Toronto Libraries
© 2012, Ian Lancashire for the Department
of English, University of Toronto
Index to poems
- A Poem, Addressed to the Lord Privy Seal, on the Prospect of Peace
- To the Earl of Warwick, On the Death of Mr. Addison
Notes on Life and Works
- Sambrook, James. "Tickell, Thomas (1685–1740)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Jan. 2008.
Biographical information
Given name: Thomas
Family name: Tickell
Birth date: 17 December 1685
Death date: 23 April 1740
Nationality: English
Family relations
father: Richard Tickell
wife: Clotilda Tickell (from 23 April 1726)
son: John Tickell
son: Thomas Tickell
daughter: Margaret Swiney
daughter: Philippa Tickell
Language: English
Education
Queen's College, Oxford (B.A.): 16 May 1701 to 1705
Queen's College, Oxford (M.A.) to 22 February 1709
St. Bees
Politics: Tory
Literary period: Augustan
Occupation: Civil Servant
Residences
Glasnevin, near Dublin
Bridekirk, Cumberland: 1685
Buried at: Glasnevin
First RPO edition: 1996-2000
