Thomas Wyatt
Author
1503 – 1542
Who was Thomas Wyatt?
Sir Thomas Wyatt was a 16th-century English ambassador and lyrical poet. He is credited with introducing the sonnet into English literature. He was born at Allington Castle, near Maidstone in Kent, though his family was originally from Yorkshire. His mother was Anne Skinner and his father, Henry Wyatt, had been one of Henry VII's Privy Councillors, and remained a trusted adviser when Henry VIII came to the throne in 1509. In his turn, Thomas Wyatt followed his father to court after his education at St John's College, Cambridge. None of Wyatt's poems were published during his lifetime—the first book to feature his verse, Tottel's Miscellany of 1557, was printed a full fifteen years after his death.
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- Born
- 1503
Kent - Also known as
- Sir Thomas Wyatt
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Education
- St John's College, Cambridge
- University of Cambridge
- Died
- Oct 11, 1542
London - Resting place
- Sherborne Abbey
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on July 23, 2013
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