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Thomas De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) studied at Oxford and failed to take his degree but discovered opium. He later met Coleridge, Southey, and the Wordsworths and worked as a journalist in Edinburgh.

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Author Image: Thomas De Quincey - Private Collection/ Bridgeman Art Library, London/New York
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