Blake, William
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November 28, 1757 in London
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†August 12, 1827 in London
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Dichter, Schriftsteller
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![28 Broad Street (now Broadwick Street) in an illustration of 1912. Blake was born here and lived here until he was 25. The house was demolished in 1965.[14] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamBlake%27sHouse.jpg "28 Broad Street (now Broadwick Street) in an illustration of 1912. Blake was born here and lived here until he was 25. The house was demolished in 1965.[14] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Urizen − from Blake's Ancient of Days, 1794. The "Ancient of Days" is described in Chapter 7 of the Book of Daniel. This image depicts Copy D of the illustration currently held at the British Museum.[87] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_a_Prophecy,_copy_D,_object_1_(Bentley_1,_Erdman_i,_Keynes_i)_British_Museum.jpg "Urizen − from Blake's Ancient of Days, 1794. The \"Ancient of Days\" is described in Chapter 7 of the Book of Daniel. This image depicts Copy D of the illustration currently held at the British Museum.[87] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Blake's Newton (1795) demonstrates his opposition to the "single-vision" of scientific materialism: Newton fixes his eye on a compass (recalling Proverbs 8:27,[97] an important passage for Milton)[98] to write upon a scroll that seems to project from his own head.[99] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Newton-WilliamBlake.jpg "Blake's Newton (1795) demonstrates his opposition to the \"single-vision\" of scientific materialism: Newton fixes his eye on a compass (recalling Proverbs 8:27,[97] an important passage for Milton)[98] to write upon a scroll that seems to project from his own head.[99] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![The Ghost of a Flea, 1819–1820. Having informed painter-astrologer John Varley of his visions of apparitions, Blake was subsequently persuaded to paint one of them.[129] Varley's anecdote of Blake and his vision of the flea's ghost became well-known.[129] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_Blake_002.jpg "The Ghost of a Flea, 1819–1820. Having informed painter-astrologer John Varley of his visions of apparitions, Blake was subsequently persuaded to paint one of them.[129] Varley's anecdote of Blake and his vision of the flea's ghost became well-known.[129] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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