About
An early nineteenth-century English author, he is best remembered for such satirical novels as Nightmare Abbey and Crotchet Castle. Also a poet, he published nearly a dozen verse works, including The Monks of St. Mark and The War-Song of Dinas Vawr.
Before Fame
He wrote his first poem around the age of ten and was pulled from formal schooling at the age of thirteen.
Trivia
He worked for the East India Company.
Family Life
He was married to Jane Griffith; the couple had three daughters and one son.
Associated With
He and Percy Bysshe Shelley were literary contemporaries and close friends.
