Thomas Moore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas Moore

Irish poet, singer and songwriter

Date of Birth: 28-May-1779

Place of Birth: Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1852

Profession: writer, composer, poet, conductor, singer, jurist, historian, musician, performing artist, songwriter, lyricist, poet lawyer, novelist

Nationality: Ireland, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Thomas Moore

  • Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The Minstrel Boy" and "The Last Rose of Summer".
  • As Lord Byron's named literary executor, along with John Murray, Moore was responsible for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death.
  • In his lifetime he was often referred to as Anacreon Moore.From a relatively early age Moore showed an interest in music and other performing arts.
  • He sometimes appeared in musical plays with his friends, such as The Poor Soldier by John O'Keeffe (music by William Shield), and at one point had ambitions to become an actor.
  • Moore attended several Dublin schools including Samuel Whyte's English Grammar School in Grafton Street where he learned the English accent with which he spoke for the rest of his life.
  • In 1795 he graduated from Trinity College, which had recently allowed entry to Catholic students, in an effort to fulfill his mother's dream of his becoming a lawyer.
  • Moore was initially a good student, but he later put less effort into his studies.
  • His time at Trinity came amidst the ongoing turmoil following the French Revolution, and a number of his fellow students such as Robert Emmet were supporters of the United Irishmen movement, although Moore himself never was a member.
  • This movement sought support from the French government to launch a revolution in Ireland.
  • In 1798 a rebellion broke out followed by a French invasion, neither of which succeeded. Besides Emmet, another formative influence was Edward Hudson, also a fellow student at Trinity College, who played a crucial role in introducing Moore to Edward Bunting's A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music (1797), later one of the main sources of his own collection of Irish Melodies.

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