Matthew Gregory Lewis

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  • Legal Name: Lewis, Matthew Gregory
  • Place of Birth: London, England, Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Date of Birth: July 9, 1775
  • Date of Death: May 14, 1818

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Lewis was educated at Oxford, was a member of the House of Commons (1796-1802), and served as attaché to the British Embassy at The Hague. In 1812 he inherited a fortune based in Jamaica. Influenced by German gothic literature and the works of %%A,Anne Radcliffe%%, Lewis first achieved fame with The Monk, later followed by the successful gothic musical The Castle Spectre. Lewis died of yellow fever at sea on a return voyage from Jamaica.

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