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Thomas Holcroft
Thomas Holcroft | |
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.jpg) Portrait, oil on canvas, of Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809) by John Opie (1761–1807) | |
| Born | 10 December 1745 Orange Court, Leicester Fields, London |
| Died | 23 March 1809 (aged 63) |
| Occupation | Dramatist |
| Years active | 1778-1802 |
Thomas Holcroft (10 December 1745 – 23 March 1809) was an English dramatist, miscellanist, poet, novelist and translator. He was sympathetic to the early ideas of the French Revolution and helped Thomas Paine to publish the first part of The Rights of Man.
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