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Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
Moore, Thomas. A famous Irish poet and song-writer; born at Dublin, May 28, 1779; died near Devizes, Feb. 25, 1852. He was the pet of London society; received an appointment in the civil service in the Bermudas, 1803–4; and traveled in the United States, 1803–4. His principal works were a translation of the ‘Odes of Anacreon’ (1800); ‘Odes and Epistles’ (1806); ‘Irish Melodies’ (10 parts, 1807–34); ‘The Twopenny Post Bag’ (1813); ‘Lalla Rookh’ (1817); ‘Loves of the Angels’ (1823); etc. He wrote also: ‘The Epicurean’ (1827), a romance; ‘Lives’ of Sheridan (1825) and Byron (1830); ‘History of Ireland’ (1827–35); etc. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).