[DOC] [TLE] Thomas Gray - Wikipedia [PAR] Thomas Gray (26 December 1716  30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-
writer, classical scholar and professor at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is 
widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, published ... In 1757, 
he was offered the post of Poet Laureate, which he refused. Gray was so self-
critical... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Gray | Poetry Foundation [PAR] Thomas Gray is generally considered the second most important poet of the 
eighteenth ... of his best-known and most-loved poem, "Elegy Written in a Country 
Churchyard" (published in ... Discover this author's context. ..... When the poet 
laureate, Colley Cibber, died in 1757, Gray was offered the position; but he 
declined it. [DOC] [TLE] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - Dictionary definition of ... [PAR] Definition of Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard  Our online dictionary has 
Elegy ... In 1757 Gray was offered the position of Poet Laureate, but he declined it
. ..... and wonders about it, perhaps an old man might offer to describe the 
speaker. .... A superficial reading of this poem might leave the impression that the 
author... [DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #3899, aired 2001-07-12 [PAR] Ford Madox Ford wrote 3 novels with this "Heart of Darkness" author .... In 1757 
this "Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard" poet refused an appointment as 
Poet Laureate... [DOC] [TLE] Lesson: "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" Name of the Writer ... [PAR] Dec 14, 2015 ... Elegy Written In a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray ... most well known 
anecdotes in this regard is Gray's refusal to take up the position of the poet 
laureate of England which was offered to him after the death of Colley Cibber (
1671 - ..... very difficult to offer simplistic divisions based on time period. [DOC] [TLE] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - Scribd [PAR] Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .
docx), ... Devonshire, who was Lord Chamberlain, to offer the Laureateship, 
vacated by .... as "minor": if reception history is incomplete or ceases and an 
author drops out of ..... In 1757, he was offered the post of Poet Laureate, which 
he refused. [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Gray, born 26-12-1716 at London, England, died - 30-7 ... [PAR] Gray's most celebrated poem is the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751)
, one of the most quoted English poems. It started ... Home > Author Detail ... He 
was presented with the post of Poet Laureate in 1757, an offer which he refused. [DOC] [TLE] Book - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] Maxwell Anderson 18881959 playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. .... 
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won a Pulitzer for "Annie Allen" & became Illinois' poet laureate in 1969 ...... '
Elegy written in a country churchyard ' "The curfew tolls the knell of parting day" is
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wide .... Richard Crashaw, styled the divine, was a writer of both religious and 
secular ... his masterpiece, the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, in Stoke 
Poges, ... In 1757 he was offered the post of Poet Laureate, which he refused and 
in... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Gray Archive : Resources : Chronology [PAR] Completed the "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" at Stoke Poges and sent 
it to Walpole who circulated it ... Declined offer to become Secretary to the Earl of 
Bristol at Lisbon. ... Was offered, but refused, the post of Poet Laureate, vacant 
through the death of Colley Cibber. .... Oxford editions of standard authors series. [DOC] [TLE] UNIT FOUR The Triumph of ROMANTICISM 1750-1837 Looking ... [PAR] Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is published

Question: This author of "Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard" refused an offer to be poet laureate
Answer: Thomas Gray