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- NAME: William Blake
- OCCUPATION: Artist, Poet
- BIRTH DATE: November 28, 1757
- DEATH DATE: August 12, 1827
- EDUCATION: Royal Academy of Art's Schools of Design
- PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England, United Kingdom
- PLACE OF DEATH: London, England, United Kingdom
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William Blake was a 19th century writer and artist who is regarded as a seminal figure of the Romantic Age. His writings have influenced countless writers and artists through the ages, and he has been deemed both a major poet and an original thinker.
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In death, as in life, Blake received short shrift from observers, and obituaries tended to underscore his personal idiosyncrasies at the expense of his artistic accomplishments. The Literary Chronicle, for example, described him as "one of those ingenious persons ... whose eccentricities were still more remarkable than their professional abilities."
Unappreciated in life, William Blake has since become a giant in literary and artistic circles,
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and his visionary approach to art and writing have not only spawned countless, spellbound speculations about Blake, they have inspired a vast array of artists and writers.
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