Selected Poetry of Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770)
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
© 2009, Ian Lancashire for the Department
of English, University of Toronto
Index to poems
- Ælla, a Tragical Interlude
(excerpt)
- An Excelente Balade of Charitie
Notes on Life and Works
- Groom, Nick. “Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
Biographical information
Given name: Thomas
Family name: Chatterton
Birth date: 20 November 1752
Death date: 24 August 1770
Nationality: English
Family relations
father: Thomas Chatterton
mother: Sarah Chatterton
brother: Giles Malpas Chatterton
sister: Mary Chatterton
Education
Pye Street School: 1757
Colston's School, Bristol: 1760
Literary period: Augustan
Residences
Bristol: 1752
London: 1770
Cause of death: Opium overdose
Buried at: Shoe Lane workhouse burying-ground
First RPO edition: 1997
