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Also Known As	Benjamin Jonson
Born	June 11, 1572? • London • England
Died	August 6, 1637 • London • England
Notable Works	“Bartholomew Fair” • “Catiline” • “Cynthia’s Revels” • “Epicœne; or, The Silent Woman” • “Every Man in His Humour” • “Every Man out of His Humour” • “Sejanus” • “The Alchemist” • “The Masque of Blackness” • “The Poetaster” • “Timber: or, Discoveries” • “Volpone”
Movement / Style	Jacobean age

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Engraved portrait of Ben Jonson by E. Scriven, showing Jonson in elaborate Renaissance attire with a large ruffled collar and embroidered sleeves.

Engraving of a scene from the play The Alchemist (1610) by Ben Jonson.

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