At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Bio: Thomas Penson De Quincey was an English essayist, best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Many scholars suggest that in publishing this work De Quincey inaugurated the tradition of addiction literature in the West.