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March 2, 1797 (79 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Libra
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Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, also known as Horace Walpole, is an English writer, art historian, writer, antiquarian and Whig politician. He built Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham, southwest London, reviving the Gothic style decades before the Victorian successors. His literary fame lies in his first Gothic novel, the Castle of Otranto, and his Letters, which are of great social and political interest. They were published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes. As the youngest son of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford, he became the 4th Earl of Orford and eventually after the death of his nephew in 1791. His Baron Walpole was descended from his first cousin after have been deleted from the same name. but Baron Walpole of Wolterton. The young Horatio Walpole was then created a new Earl of Orford.
BornSeptember 24, 1717, London, England, Great Britain
DiedMarch 2, 1797, Berkeley Square, London, Great Britain
Political partyWhig
ParentsRobert Walpole, Catherine Shorter
ResidenceStrawberry Hill, London
Alma materEton College, King's College, Cambridge
OccupationWriter
Preceded byHoratio Walpole (the elder)
Succeeded byThomas Walpole

About Horace Walpole

Historian Horace Walpole was born on September 24, 1717 in England (He dies at the age of 79, on March 2, 1797).

Art historian, author, and Whig member of the British Parliament in the eighteenth century. Strawberry Hill, a residence in Twickenham, England, that restored the Gothic architectural style, is his most famous work.

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Horace Walpole before becoming famous

Horace Walpole was born in the Zodiac sign Libra (The Scales), and 1717 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rooster (雞).

He attended Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, for his education.

Achievement of Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto, published in 1764, is considered the first Gothic novel. It was the beginning of a literary genre that grew in popularity in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

Horace Walpole's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Robert Walpole, his father, was the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Horace Walpole Collabed with

He met Politician Horace Mann in Italy and became friends with him.

Horace Mann (1796 - 1859) (Politician)
Horace Mann (1796 - 1859)

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Horace Walpole Income & Net worth

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