Elizabeth Thomas

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ET (dubbed Corinna by Dryden and writing mostly in the early eighteenth century) was a poet of real stature and an interesting letter-writer. Her few authentic works have been upstaged by the many miscellaneous writings which survive in forms probably significantly changed from the way she left them.

Milestones

31 August 1675

ET was born in London; she was her parents' only surviving child.
The full date has been only recently discovered.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

3 February 1731

ET died in London, in poverty.
This date, too, has been only recently discovered.
Mills, Rebecca. "Thanks for that Elegant Defense": Polemical Prose and Poetry by Women in the Early Eighteenth Century. Oxford University.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

July 1731-February 1732

Curll published in two volumes the recently-dead ET's correspondence with her late fiancé (and other works) under the intriguing title of Pylades and Corinna.
The Monthly Chronicle. Aaron Ward.

Biography

Birth and Family

31 August 1675

ET was born in London; she was her parents' only surviving child.
The full date has been only recently discovered.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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