Thomas Chatterton was a British poet of the 18th century, known for being the youngest person in England to write and publish mature poems. Although Chatterton died when he was only 18 years old, his worked was praised by such poets as Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats. His work influenced the Romantic movement in both Britain and France that came after his death. Today he is most famous for a deception he created by writing poems in the 15th century style and attributing them to a fictitious monk named Thomas Rowley.

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