Thomas Moore
1779 –
1852
Thomas Moore was born in Dublin on May 28, 1779. The son of a wine merchant, he graduated from Trinity College in 1799 and went on to study law in London.
A poet, satirist, and composer, Moore was the author of numerous long poems and volumes of poetry and prose, including Irish Melodies (1807–34) (Longman, Brown, Green, 1854) and Life of Lord Byron with his Letters and Journals (John Murray, 1851), a six-volume work.
Moore died in Wiltshire, England, on February 25, 1852.