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Thomas Malory
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English writer, author of Le Morte d'Arthur (1405–1471)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15th cent.
- Works
- 441
Top works
- The birth, life, and acts of King Arthur, of his noble knights of the Round Table, their marvellous enquests and adventures , the achieving of the San Greal, and in the end, Le morte Darthur with the dolorous death and departing out of this world of them all
- Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
- Selections from Sir Thomas Malory's Le morte Darthur
- The book of King Arthur and his noble knights
- Lore of the Kinsfolk : Book VI
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Film & TV
Writing
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1405
- Active to
- 1471
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 7
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,854x
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,587x
- U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 57,607x
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,741x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,777x
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Quotes
- “It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time. And the duke was called the duke of Tintagil.”
- “Well, said Merlin, I know whom thou seekest, for thou seekest Merlin; therefore seek no farther, for I am he.”
- “Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise the King born of all England.”
- “Then were they afeard when they saw a knight.”
- “In the midst of the lake Arthur was ware of an arm clothed in white samite, that held a fair sword in that hand.”
- “With that truncheon thou hast slain a good knight, and now it sticketh in thy body.”
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1393 or 1425 , Kingdom of England
- Died
- c. 1470 or later
- Occupations
- Knight, writer
- Notable work
- Le Morte d'Arthur , Possibly The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle
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Wikidata facts
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- date of death
- 1471-03-14
- Commons category
- Thomas Malory
- date of birth
- 1405-01-01
- name in native language
- Thomas Malory
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Article
Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author of Le Morte d'Arthur, the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend, compiled and in most cases translated from French sources. The most popular version of Le Morte d'Arthur was published by the famed London printer William Caxton in 1485. Much of Malory's life history is obscure, but he identified himself as a "knight prisoner", apparently reflecting that he was either a criminal, a prisoner-of-war, or suffering some other type of confinement. Malory's identity has never been confirmed. Since modern scholars began researching his identity the most widely accepted candidate has been Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, who was imprisoned at various times for criminal acts and possibly also for political reasons during the Wars of the Roses. Recent work by Cecelia Lampp Linton, however, presents new evidence in support of Thomas Malory of Hutton Conyers, Yorkshire.
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