grave can still be seen there. Scholarly Reception Today, Gray remains a topic of academic discussion. Some scholars analyze his work for his use of language and inspiration from Greek classics and Norse poetry. Other scholars, such as George E. Haggerty, focus on Gray's various relationships with other men, examining his letters and poetry for instances of "male-male love" and "same-sex desire." Honours Gray's biographer William Mason erected a monument to him, designed by John Bacon the Elder, in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey in 1778. John Penn "of Stoke" had a memorial to Gray built near St Giles' churchyard and engraved with extracts from the "Elegy". A plaque in Cornhill, London marks his birthplace. References Further reading The Poems of Thomas Gray, William Collins, Oliver Goldsmith, ed. R. Lonsdale (1969; repr. 1976) T. Gray, The Complete Poems ..., ed. H. W. Starr, J. R. Hendrickson (1966; repr. 1972) T. Gray, Correspondence of Thomas Gray, ed. P. Toynbee, L. Whibley (3 vols., 1935; rev. H. W. Starr 1971) R. L. Mack, Thomas Gray A Life (2000) A. L. Sells, Thomas Gray His Life and Works (1980) R. W. Ketton-Cremer, Thomas Gray (1955) D. Cecil, Two Quiet Lives (1948) [on Dorothy Osborne; Thomas Gray] D. Capetanakis, 'Thomas Gray and Horace Walpole', in Demetrios Capetanakis A Greek Poet in England (1947), pp. 117–124. P. van Tieghem, La poesie de la nuit et des tombeaux en Europe au XVIII siecle (1922) Haggerty, George E. Men in Love: Masculinity and Sexuality in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press, 1993. External links Thomas Gray Archive Alexander Huber, ed., University of Oxford Thomas Gray at the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA) Luminarium: Thomas Gray Life, extensive works, essays, study resources Thomas Gray – Britannica Online Encyclopedia Thomas Gray (1716–1771) Jo Koster. Literary analysis and biography with illustrations. In the preceding link there are only four illustrations of Gray's poetry, but there are a total of six William Blake did for some of Gray's most popular poems. Selected Bibliography: Thomas Gray (1716–1771) Alan T. McKenzie and B. Eugene McCarthy The Correspondence of Thomas Gray in EMLO 1716 births 1771 deaths Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge English literary critics 18th-century English poets Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge Fellows of Peterhouse, Cambridge People educated at Eton College Sonneteers Burials in Buckinghamshire 18th-century English non-fiction writers 18th-century English male writers English male poets English male non-fiction writers Regius Professors of History (Cambridge)