81. Beckford, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 2001. Beckford, William. 1760–1844, English author. A wealthy dilettante,Beckford had a great desire to ascend to the nobility. http://www.bartleby.com/65/be/Beckford.html

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82. William Beckford: The Fool Of Fonthill Biographical article, discussing his homosexuality.Category Arts Literature British Gothic Beckford, William...... Few men attained greater celebrity during the late eighteenth and early nineteenthcenturies than William Beckford (1760—1844), the wealthiest man in England http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/beckfor1.htm

William Beckford The Fool of Fonthill Rictor Norton nouveau riche ones — but they chose to ostracize this remarkable personality, dubbing him "The Fool of Fonthill." But even money cannot stop the mouths of gossip-mongers. When this self-styled Caliph was 19, he fell in love with the Hon William Courtenay, later 3rd Viscount and 9th Earl of Devon, then ten years old and regarded as one of the most beautiful boys in England, borne out by paintings of him. Beckford and Courtenay saw each other frequently either at Fonthill or at Powderham Castle in Devon, Courtenay's home, for nearly six peaceful years. But then, in 1784, a visitor to Powderham claimed to have heard some "strange goings on" in Courtenay's bedroom, with Beckford apparently in bed with the lad. Soon the newspapers started circulating rumours about the country squire and his "Kitty," as the beautiful Courtenay was effeminately dubbed. Greville wrote to Sir William Hamilton in Naples to say that Beckford "probably will be obliged to vacate his seat, and retire to Italy to make up the loss which Italy has sustained by Lord Tilney's death." Most men would have fled immediately to the Continent, but for nearly a year Beckford braved out the storm of abuse and secluded himself at Fonthill. No criminal charges were filed, but King George III, who personally wished that Beckford could have been hanged, dismissed Beckford's application for a peerage. Beckford and Courtenay were forced to separate to avoid further reprisal. Beckford finally went abroad, where he remained for the next ten years, living mainly in Portugal, followed by an entourage so magnificent that during his travels he was often mistaken for the Emperor of Austria — and charged accordingly. Courtenay, now Lord Devon, secluded himself at Powderham, which he inherited after his father's death.

83. Beckford, William Beckford, William. Beckford, William, 1760–1844, English author. A wealthydilettante, Beckford had a great desire to ascend to the nobility. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0806691.html

Encyclopedia Beckford, William Beckford, William, , English author. A wealthy dilettante, Beckford had a great desire to ascend to the nobility. Unfortunately his erratic and strange behavior often worked against his ambitions. About 1796 he built in Wiltshire an extravagant Gothic castle, Fonthill Abbey, where he lived in mysterious seclusion and earned himself the reputation of an eccentric. Although not deeply interested in politics, he served in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1794 and from 1806 to 1820. Beckford is chiefly remembered today for the Gothic romance Vathek, a bizarre tale about the adventures of the shockingly cruel Caliph Vathek. The book was written in French but was first published (1786) in English translation. He was also the author of several books of travel and two burlesques on the sentimental novels of his day, The Elegant Enthusiast (1796) and Azemia See biography by P. Summers (1966). Beckett, Samuel Beckley AD AD AD AD AD Print this page Cite this page Awards and Press Link to Fact Monster Add Fact Monster search ... Privacy

84. BECKFORD, WILLIAM (HWCD). Beckford, William (1760—1844), English author, son of AldermanWilliam Beckford (17.09—1770), was born on the 1st of October 1760. http://24.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BE/BECKFORD_WILLIAM.htm

document.write(""); BECKFORD, WILLIAM Becket was canonized in 1172. Within a short time his shrine at Can.terbury became the resort of innumerable pilgrims. Plenary indulgences were given for a visit to the shrine, and an official register was kept to record the miracles wrought by the relics of the saint. The shrine was magnificently adorned with the gold and silver and jewels offered by the pious. It was plundered by Henry VIII., to whom the memory of Becket was specially obnoxious; but the reformers were powerless to expunge the name of the saint from the Roman calendar, on which it still remains. Even to those who are in sympathy with the principles for which he fought, the posthumous reputation of Becket must appear strangely exaggerated. It is evident that in the course of his long struggle with the state he fell more and more under the dominion of personal motives. At the last he fought not so much for an idea as for the humiliation of an opponent by whom he had been ungenerously treated. William of Newburgh appears to express the verdict of the most impartial contemporaries when he says that the bishop was zelo justitiae fervidus, utruin autem plene secundum scientiam novit Deus: “burning with zeal for justice, but whether altogether according to wisdom God knows.”

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86. Beckford Suite De Contes Arabes Translate this page La publication par nos soins de six de ses œuvres fait que l’image de WilliamBeckford (1760-1844) – auteur du seul Vathek, auteur à la vie ébouriffante http://www.jose-corti.fr/titresromantiques/suite des contes arabes.html

William Beckford, Suite de contes arabes La Suite des contes arabes Vathek La Suite des Contes Arabes Mille et une nuits bildungsroman Les Mille et une nuits. Didier Girard 352 pages ISBN : 2-7143-0442-7 105 F 16 Euros

87. Biography.com Beckett, Sir Edmund, Beckett, Walter, Beckford, William Thomas, 1760 1844. Beckman, Arnold (Orville), 1900 . Beckmann, Ernst Otto, 1853 1923. http://search.biography.com/bio_browse.pl?letter=B&num=600

88. Norton Topics Online: Beckford, Vathek William Beckford's Vathek is regularly mentioned in discussions of late eighteenth BesidesVathek, Beckford (1760–1844) is also known for having built http://www.wwnorton.com/nael/nto/romantic/litgoth/vathek.htm

William Beckford from Vathek Literary Gothicism Texts and Contexts Walpole, Castle of Otranto Beckford, Vathek Radcliffe, Romance of the Forest Radcliffe, Mysteries of Udolpho Lewis, The Monk Austen, Northanger Abbey Peacock, Nightmare Abbey Milton, Satan Comments on Milton's Satan The Byronic Hero Strawberry Hill William Beckford's Vathek The Rocky Horror Picture Show Vathek Dictionary of National Biography An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript (1786). Byron was one of its many enthusiastic readers, possessing several copies and drawing on it extensively for his own best-selling The Giaour (1813). Besides Vathek, Caliph Vathek, a vain, tyrannical, sensuous ruler who puts people, even little children, to death at the slightest whim, sets out to find the city of Istakhar and the treasures of the pre-adamite sultans. In the extract below, selected from the last few pages of the tale, he and his favorite companion, Nouronihar, daughter of the emir Fakreddin, arrive at the mountains surrounding Istakhar and, with the guidance of the Giaour (an evil magician), enter the underground realm of Eblis, prince of darkness. They achieve their quest but are doomed to suffer the agony of eternally burning hearts and, what seems even worse, the cessation of communion with anything outside their separate selves. * * * A deathlike stillness reigned over the mountain, and through the air. The moon dilated, on a vast platform, the shades of the lofty columns, which reached from the terrace almost to the clouds. The gloomy watch-towers, whose numbers could not be counted, were veiled by no roof; and their capitals, of an architecture unknown in the records of the earth, served as an asylum for the birds of darkness, which, alarmed at the approach of such visitants, fled away croaking.

89. The Fantastic Writer's Gallery (the ValCap DungeoN) 1799 + 1850) Barjavel, René (1911) Barker, Clive (1952) Baudelaire, Charles (April9, 1821 + August 31,1867) Beckford, William (1760 + 1844) Bécquer, Gustavo http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/2053/Writers2.html

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90. Lettera B Dei Link Alfabetici A Personaggi GLBT William Beckford - The fool of http://digilander.libero.it/giovannidallorto/link/linkabc/b.html

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91. Encyclopædia Britannica Beckford, William (1760–1844) English dilettante, novelist, and eccentric.Frederick William IV (1795–1861) King of Prussia (1840–61). http://search.britannica.com/search?query=dilettante&ct=gen1&fuzzy=N

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BIOGRAPHIES Last update: June 6 th William Beckford (1760 -1844) U.K. Writer and politician Few men attained greater celebrity during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries than William Beckford, the wealthiest man in England. With enormous wealth as his Aladdin's lamp, he decided to make his Arabian dreams come true. By the time he died at the venerable age of 84, he had built the loftiest domestic residence in the world, had assembled a virtual harem of boys, had his own militia to protect his Fonthill estate of 6,000 acres, had written the first Oriental-Gothic horror novel in English literature, and had become the most scandalous connoisseur of hedonism in the modern world. His society bemusedly tolerated most eccentrics even nouveau riche ones - but they chose to ostracize this remarkable personality, dubbing him "The Fool of Fonthill." Beckford's father, twice Lord Mayor of London, was the richest man in England, with extensive holdings in the cloth industry, property, government bonds, and sugar plantations. As a result, Beckford received a brilliant education, and was widely learned in French, Latin, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, philosophy, law, literature and physics by the age of 17. His private piano teacher was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - at least that is the legend, too romantic to be discouraged. He was being brought up as an empire builder, but his father died when Beckford was only ten, leaving him with no political ambition, and a millionaire's taste for pleasure.

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