Thomas Warton

Thomas Warton
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
In office 20 April 1785 – 21 May 1790
Monarch	George III
Preceded by	William Whitehead
Succeeded by	Henry James Pye
Personal details
Born	(1728-01-09)9 January 1728 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Died	21 May 1790(1790-05-21) (aged 62) Oxford, England
Parent	Thomas Warton (father)
Alma mater	Trinity College, Oxford
Occupation	Literary historian, critic, and poet

Thomas Warton (9 January 1728 – 21 May 1790) was an English literary historian, critic, and poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate in 1785, following the death of William Whitehead.

He is sometimes called Thomas Warton the younger to distinguish him from his father, who had the same name. His most famous poem is The Pleasures of Melancholy, a representative work of the Graveyard Poets.