# Horace Walpole

> He wrote the first Gothic novel—a castle, a curse, a giant helmet—and spent decades turning his own house into a medieval fantasy, launching an architectural craze that wouldn't peak until long after his death.

*English writer and politician (1717–1797)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1717-09-24
- **Died:** 1797-03-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in 1717, the youngest son of Britain's first prime minister, Walpole grew up in the machinery of Whig power but made his mark elsewhere. He built Strawberry Hill House in Twickenham, reviving Gothic architecture decades before the Victorians ran with it. In 1764 he published The Castle of Otranto, inventing the Gothic novel as a genre. He served as a politician, wrote history, collected antiquities, and above all wrote letters—thousands of them, sharp and gossipy, mapping the social and political currents of his century. Yale eventually published them in 48 volumes. He inherited his nephew's earldom in 1791, becoming the 4th and last Earl of Orford, and died in 1797.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1368279/ (@nm1368279)

## Topics
#Politicians, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Fiction, #Stand Up, #Politics, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
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- [Horace Walpole](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole)
- [Horace Walpole](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole)
- [Horace Walpole, 4. Earl of Orford](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Walpole%2C_4._Earl_of_Orford)
- [Οράτιος Ουόλπολ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%9F%CF%85%CF%8C%CE%BB%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB)
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