William Beckford (novelist)
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William Beckford (novelist)
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William Thomas Beckford was an English novelist, art critic, planter and politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's richest commoner. The son of William Beckford and Maria Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. George Hamilton, he served as a Member of Parliament for Wells in 1784–1790 and Hindon in 1790–1795 and 1806–1820. Beckford is best known for writing the 1786 Gothic novel Vathek, for building Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire and Beckford's Tower in Bath, and for his extensive art collect
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English novelist, art critic, slaveholder and politician (1760–1844)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beckford_(novelist)
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2003-05-18T14:10:49Z
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2024-09-02T23:07:33Z
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