Tighe, Mary, 1772-1810

A well-educated Irish poet known for Psyche; or the Legend of Love (1805), a rewrite of the legend of Psyche and Eros which reverses the male's objectification of the female. Psyche was successful and received tributes from Felicia Hemans and Thomas Moore.

Tickell, Thomas, 1686-1740

Poet, translator, friend of Joseph Addison, and occasional contributor of essays on pastoral poetry to the Guardian, Tickell was also connected by marriage to Lady Echlin's circle. Tickell's elegy on Addison was thought by many of his contemporaries to be one of the finest in the language.

Tibullus

Albius Tibullus is a first century BCE Latin poet and elegist. The Library of Congress lists his birth date between 60 and 50 BC; death date between 19 and 17 BC.

Thomson, James, 1700-1748

Scottish poet James Thomson's nature and landscape poem The Seasons (1730) was much revered by his contemporaries and influenced Romantic period poetic depiction of nature. Thomson published several republican political poems, including the unsuccessful Liberty (1735-1736). Other works include The Castle of Indolence (1748), a Spenserian allegory; and five dramatic tragedies: The Tragedy of Sophonisba (1730), Agamemnon (1738); Edward and Eleonora (1739), Tancred and Sigismunda (1745), and Coriolanus (1749).

Thicknesse, Ann, 1737-1824

Née Ann Ford, Mrs. Thicknesse was an English instrumentalist and singer who attained professional standing. She was the third wife of Philip Thicknesse. Her The School for Fashion (1800) is a roman a clef that includes easily discernable portraits of many well-known figures of her day.

Theophrastus

Also known as Theophrastus of Eresus. He was a peripatetic philosopher who studied in Athens as a pupil of Alcippus; he may have studied with Plato and probably had contact with Aristotle. After Aristotle's death, he became the head of the peripatetic school in Athens.