Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wade Thomas (1805 18 September 1875) was an English poet and dramatist.Thomas was born at Woodbridge, Suffolk. He early went to London, where he began to publish verse of considerable merit under the inspiration of Byron, Keats and especially Shelley. He wrote some plays that were produced on the London stage with a certain measure of success, owing more perhaps to the acting of Charles and Frances Anne Kemble than to the merits of the dramatist. Wade frequently contributed verses to the magazines, and for some years he was editor as well as part-proprietor of Bell''s Weekly Messenger. This venture proving financially unsuccessful, he retired to Jersey, where he edited the British Press, continuing to publish poetry from time to time until 1871. He died in Jersey on 18 September 1875. His wife was Lucy Eager, a musician of some repute.