Thomas De Quincey
Thomas De Quincey was born on August 15, 1785. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Thomas De Quincey
Thomas Penson De Quincey (; né Thomas Penson Quincey; 15 August 1785 – 8 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821). Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the Western world.