Thomas De Quincey

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Milestones

15 August 1785

TDQ , essayist and autobiographer, was born in Manchester.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.

7 December 1859

Writer and essayist TDQ died at 42 Lothian Street, Edinburgh.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
De Quincey, Thomas. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Editor Lindop, Grevel, Oxford University Press.
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Biography

Birth and Early Experiences

15 August 1785

TDQ , essayist and autobiographer, was born in Manchester.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.