21. Beckford, William (1760-1844) Beckford, William. WRITER, CONNOISSEUR, COLLECTOR (GREATBRITAIN) BORN 29 Sep 1760, London - DIED 2 May 1844, Bath GRAVE LOCATION Bath, Avon Walcot Cemetery http://www.xs4all.nl/~androom/biography/p002946.htm

Beckford, William WRITER, CONNOISSEUR, COLLECTOR (GREAT-BRITAIN) BORN 29 Sep 1760, London - DIED 2 May 1844, Bath GRAVE LOCATION Bath, Avon: Walcot Cemetery Son of the famous Lord Mayor of London of the same name, whose fortune from the West-Indies he inherited. His mother was Maria Hamilton, a granddaughter of the sixth Earl of Abercorn. In 1777 he travelled to Switzerland and Italy, where he stayed with his cousin Sir William Hamilton and his wife Lady Catherine Hamilton. The latter became a close friend and adviser. Back in London he was romantically involved with Louise Beckford, the wife of a cousin, and then with William Courtenay, a thirteen year old boy. To avoid a huge scandal he was sent abroad once more and travelled through Europe. He was with the Hamiltons when Catherine died. This was a huge blow to him and he returned to London where he wrote "Dreams". In 1783 he married Lady Margaret Gordon and in 1784 he entered Parliament. The 'Powderham Scandal' resulted is his leaving England once more. His wife died soon after the birth of their second daughter of puerperal fever and for twelve years he travelled through Europe, collecting books, paintings and all kinds of curiosities. Beckford spent a large part of his later life in complete isolation in Fonthill Abbey, a large house in gothic style especially built for him. Here he kept his enormous collections. The house had cost him around 273,000 pounds and financial problems forced him to sell it in 1822, together with part of his collections.

22. A Short Biographical Dictionary Of English Literature/Beckford, William - Wikiso Beckford, William (c. 17601844). Miscellaneous writer, only s. of William B., Lord Mayor of London, the associate and supporter of John Wilkes, inherited at the age of 9 an http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Short_Biographical_Dictionary_of_English_Literat

23. Edward Lear’s Diaries » Beckford, William Thomas The Private Journals of a Landscape Painter http://www.nonsenselit.org/diaries/people/beckford-william-thomas/

24. William Beckford — Infoplease.com Encyclopedia Beckford, William. Beckford, William, 1760 – 1844, English author. A wealthy dilettante, Beckford had a great desire to ascend to the nobility. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0806691.html

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Search for books and compare prices on all major online booksellers with one click! Home About Us Suggest Bookstore Recommend Us Title/Keywords ISBN HOME Horror Authors A-Z Beckford William Beckford William Top Sellers for Beckford William Books: Travel-Diaries of William Beckford of Fonthill AUTHOR: William Beckford ISBN: Format: Library Binding Publish Date: August 1992 Episodes of Vathek AUTHOR: William Beckford ISBN: Format: Paperback Publish Date: October 1995 The Vision AUTHOR: William Beckford ISBN: Format: Hardcover Publish Date: June 2004 The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, the Vampyre, and a Fragment of a Novel : Three Gothic Novels AUTHOR: E. F. Bleiler (Editor) ISBN: Format: Paperback Publish Date: August 1977 The History Of Caliph Vathek AUTHOR: William Beckford ISBN: Format: Paperback Publish Date: June 2004 Still Groovin' : Affirmations for Women in the Second Half of Life AUTHOR: Ruth Beckford ISBN: Format: Hardcover Publish Date: January 1999 Vathek AUTHOR: William Beckford ISBN: Format: Paperback Publish Date: April 2000 Still Groovin' : Affirmations for Women in the Second Half of Life AUTHOR: Ruth Beckford ISBN: Format: Paperback Publish Date: April 2000 The History of Caliph Vathek AUTHOR: William Beckford ISBN: Format: Paperback Publish Date: March 2005 Vathek AUTHOR: William Beckford ISBN: Format: Paperback Publish Date: November 1998 The History of Caliph Vathek AUTHOR: William Beckford ISBN: Format: Hardcover Publish Date: March 2005 The British Novel, 1680-1832

28. Beckford, William Beckford, William (b. Sept. 29, 1760, London, Eng.d. May 2, 1844, Bath, Somerset), eccentric English dilettante, author of the Gothic novel Vathek (1786). http://www.uv.es/EBRIT/micro/micro_59_6.html

Britannica CD Index Articles Dictionary Help Beckford, William (b. Sept. 29, 1760, London, Eng.d. May 2, 1844, Bath, Somerset), eccentric English dilettante, author of the Gothic novel Vathek Fonthill Abbey, the most sensational building of the English Gothic revival. Beckford was the only legitimate son of William Beckford the Elder, twice lord mayor of London, and was the heir to a vast fortune accumulated by three generations of his Beckford ancestors, who were sugar planters in Jamaica. His mother was descended from Mary Stuart. He was a precocious child, and his natural talents were given every encouragement. At five he received piano lessons from the nine-year-old W.A. Mozart. He also received training in architecture and drawing from prominent teachers. He inherited his fortune in 1770, upon the death of his father. In 1778, after a period of travel and study in Europe, Beckford returned to England, where he later met the 11-year-old son and heir of Viscount Courtenay, a boy for whom Beckford felt strong romantic (but probably not sexual) attraction. Following a lavish three-day Christmas party held in the boy's honour at Fonthill, Beckford conceived the story of the caliph Vathek, a monarch as impious as he is voluptuous, who builds a tower so high that from it he can survey all the kingdoms of the world. Vathek challenges Mohammed in the seventh heaven and so brings about his own damnation and his banishment to the subterranean kingdom ruled by Eblis, prince of darkness.

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30. Glbtq >> Literature >> Beckford, William Extremely wealthy and connected to the aristocracy, British author and connoisseur William Beckford was ostracized by English society for the last sixty years of his life because http://www.glbtq.com/literature/beckford_w.html

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31. Beckford, William English writer and eccentric. At 21 he inherited the family fortune. He wrote, originally in French, Vathek 1787, a fantastic Arabian Nights tale. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/William Beckford

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Beckford, William From Enlightenment Revolution Jump to: navigation search Beckford, William (1759-1844): English Writer. The author of Vathek , one of the most important of the pseudo-oriental novels of the eighteenth-century, Beckford led a bizarre life of aristocratic eccentricity and splendor. Born into one of the wealthiest of London families, he inherited at a young age an immense fortune, which allowed him to collect every trifle and lavish his money on building Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire, an obsession for most of his life. He was forced to abandon this gothic extravagance in 1725 when its central tower collapsed; he died practically penniless. Yet Beckford had real literary ability. He read as a child with fascination the recently translated collection of medieval Arab tales, A Thousand and One Nights . In 1782, he began in French, published in English translation in 1786, his Arab tale featuring a caliph named Vathek set in the exotic Middle East with a cast of “oriental” types drawn from a well-established tradition of eastern tales. Beckford’s story took the form of a Faustian legend with its Satanic hero being punished in the Hall of Eblis, resembling Dante’s inferno, along with other sinners who dared to flaunt conventional morality. However, Vathek , unlike the popular pseudo-oriental tales of the age, which were mostly moral apologues, was really an exotic thriller and celebration of the Caliph’s vices and sadistic pleasures. It thus foreshadowed the dark romanticism of works like

34. William Beckford: Free Web Books, Online Biographical note. Miscellaneous writer, only son of William B., Lord Mayor of London, the associate and supporter of John Wilkes, inherited at the age of 9 an enormous fortune. http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/beckford/william/

The University of Adelaide Library eBooks Help ... Contact us William Beckford, 1760-1844 Portrait of William Beckford by George Romney Biographical note Miscellaneous writer, only son of William B., Lord Mayor of London, the associate and supporter of John Wilkes, inherited at the age of 9 an enormous fortune. In these circumstances he grew up wayward and extravagant, showing, however, a strong bent towards literature. His education was entrusted to a private tutor, with whom he travelled extensively on the Continent. At the age of 22 he produced his oriental romance, Vathek c. 1781), written originally in French and, as he was accustomed to boast, at a single sitting of three days and two nights. There is reason, however, to believe that this was a flight of imagination. It is an impressive work, full of fantastic and magnificent conceptions, rising occasionally to sublimity. His other principal writings are Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters [1780], a satirical work, and Letters from Italy with Sketches of Spain and Portugal [1835], full of brilliant descriptions of scenes and manners. B.’s fame, however, rests nearly as much upon his eccentric extravagances as a builder and collector as upon his literary efforts. In carrying out these he managed to dissipate his fortune of £100,000 a year, only £80,000 of his capital remaining at his death. He sat in parliament for various constituencies, and one of his two daughter became Duchess of Hamilton.

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Home U.S. People Word Wise ... Homework Center Fact Monster Favorites Halloween Math Flashcards Geography Guide Seven New Wonders of the World ... The Fifty States Reference Desk Atlas Almanacs Dictionary Encyclopedia ... Encyclopedia Beckford, William Beckford, William, , English author. A wealthy dilettante, Beckford had a great desire to ascend to the nobility. Unfortunately his erratic and strange behavior often worked against his ambitions. About 1796 he built in Wiltshire an extravagant Gothic castle, Fonthill Abbey, where he lived in mysterious seclusion and earned himself the reputation of an eccentric. Although not deeply interested in politics, he served in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1794 and from 1806 to 1820. Beckford is chiefly remembered today for the Gothic romance Vathek, a bizarre tale about the adventures of the shockingly cruel Caliph Vathek. The book was written in French but was first published (1786) in English translation. He was also the author of several books of travel and two burlesques on the sentimental novels of his day, The Elegant Enthusiast (1796) and Azemia See biography by P. Summers (1966).

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37. Beckford, William: The Oxford Dictionary Of Art Beckford, William (b London, 29 Sept. 1760; d Bath, 2 May 1844). English collector, writer, and eccentric. A pampered millionaire from boyhood (at the age of 5 he had piano http://www.enotes.com/oxford-art-encyclopedia/beckford-william

38. Beckford, William - Encyclopedia Britannica - On History Full Name William Beckford. Nationality English Activity British writer. Born 2909-1760 Died 02-05-1844 http://www.history.co.uk/encyclopedia/beckford-william.html

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