About Thomas Monck Mason
Lived 1803 – 1889 (aged 85–86). Thomas Monck Mason was an Irish writer, flautist and balloonist.
Thomas Monck Mason (1803–1889) was a flute player, writer, and balloonist. He wrote concerning a balloon trip he took from England to Germany and on theology. His account of the balloon trip inspired Edgar Allan Poe's fictional The Balloon-Hoax.
Biography Monck Mason was born in 1803. He spent some years studying the flute abroad after he completed his formal education at Trinity College in Dublin. He composed a number of operatic works as well as being a professional flautist.
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Who was Thomas Monck Mason?
Irish musician, writer and balloonist (1803–1889)
When was Thomas Monck Mason born?
Thomas Monck Mason was born in 1803.
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Thomas Monck Mason died in 1889 in Kensington.
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Thomas Monck Mason was a writer, flautist and balloonist.
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Thomas Monck Mason was Irish.
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