Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. Wikipedia

Born: 28 November 1757, Soho, London

Died: 12 August 1827 (age 69 years), London

Influenced by: John Milton, Dante Alighieri, Mary Wollstonecraft, Emanuel Swedenborg, Ben Jonson, Jakob Böhme

Place of burial: Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London

Spouse: Catherine Blake (m. 1782–1827)