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an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician.
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Born
29 September 1760 Soho Square, London, England
Died
2 May 1844 (aged 83) Bath, Somerset, England
Nationality
English
Occupation
Writer, art collector, politician
adultbasic
Britain
era
1600-1800
Notable work
Vathek (c. 1781); Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters (1780); Letters from Italy with Sketches of Spain and Portugal (1835)