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William Beckford

William Beckford

William Thomas Beckford was an English novelist, a profligate and consummately knowledgeable art collector and patron of works of decorative art, a critic, travel writer and sometime politician, reputed at one stage in his life to be the richest commoner in England.

Born1760-10-01, Soho Square, London, England
Died1844-05-02, Bath, Somerset, England
Linkshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beckford_(novelist)