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Description: | Thomas Campbell was born in Glasgow on 27th July 1777. His father, a wealthy tobacco trader, was financially ruined when the American colonies seceded. Campbell studied at the University of Glasgow. He then read law at Edinburgh but, attracted by a literary career, he achieved remarkable success with the publication in 1799 of his poem The Pleasures of Hope which documented the sufferings caused by partition to the people of Poland. Between Jun 1800 and March 1801, Campbell travelled in Germany and Denmark and these travels inspired his martial poems, Ye Mariners of England, Hohenlinden and The Battle of the Baltic. His other works included Gertrude of Wyoming; a Pennsylvanian tale; and other poems (Longman & Co, London, 1809), Life of Mrs Siddons (Effingham Wilson, London, 1834), Letters from the South (Henry Colburn, London, 1837), and The Pilgrim of Glencoe, and other poems (Edward Moxon, London, 1842). He edited several periodicals, including The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, 1820-1830. He was Lord Rector of Glasgow University from 1826-1829.
Campbell died in Boulogne on 15th June, 1844 and is buried in poet's corner in Westminster Abbey.
(source: SLAINTE: Information & Libraries Scotland) | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | HISTPER : UNIVERSITY HISTORY : HISTORICAL COLLECTION : THOMAS_CAMPBELL : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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