Memorials & monuments · London
Thomas Love Peacock
Thomas Love Peacock — a memorial in england-london, United Kingdom.
Colin Smith — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Thomas Love Peacock is a memorial located in england-london, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
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From the Wikipedia article
Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting: characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day.
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Background
History
Peacock was born in Weymouth, Dorset, the son of Samuel Peacock and his wife Sarah Love, daughter of Thomas Love, a retired master of a man-of-war in the Royal Navy. His father was a glass merchant in London, partner of a Mr Pellatt, presumed to be Apsley Pellatt (1763–1826). Peacock went with his mother to live with her family at Chertsey in 1791 and in 1792 went to a school run by Joseph Harris Wicks at Englefield Green where he stayed for six and a half years. Peacock's father died in 1794 in "poor circumstances" leaving a small annuity. Peacock's first known poem was an epitaph for a school fellow written at the age of ten, and another on his Midsummer Holidays was written when he was…
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- Coordinates
- 51.3899, -0.4407
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Spelthorne
- Parish
- Spelthorne, unparished area
- Postcode
- TW17 8LH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Spelthorne
Sources
- osm: node/7301900239 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Thomas Love Peacock (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Thomas Love Peacock?
- Thomas Love Peacock is in Surrey, London, United Kingdom (postcode TW17 8LH), in the parish of Spelthorne, unparished area.
- Is Thomas Love Peacock free to visit?
- Yes, Thomas Love Peacock is free to enter.
- How do I get to Thomas Love Peacock?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode TW17 8LH. It sits within the Spelthorne parliamentary constituency.