Thomas Moore (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Thomas Moore was born on May 28, 1779, the son of a prosperous Dublin merchant. After study in grammar school, he entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1794, one of the first Roman Catholic students to be admitted to that institution. In the same year, two poems by Moore appeared in the periodical Anthologia Hibernica. During his college years Moore made a translation of Anacreon in verse which he took with him to London in 1799, when he entered the Middle Temple to study law. Odes of Anacreon was published in 1800, with an accepted dedication to the Prince of Wales. In 1803...
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