James Thomson biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of James Thomson

Author Name:

James Thomson

Born As:

Pseudonyms; Bysshe Vanolis,B. V.,The Poet of Despair.

Other Names:

James Thomson

Born:

23 Nov 1834

Died:

3 Jun 1882




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Pseudonyms B.V. and Bysshe Vanolis were chosen in tribute to Percy Bysshe Shelley and Novalis.

He is distinguished from the earlier Scottish poet James Thomson by the letters B.V. after the name.