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Also Known As Sydney Owenson
Born December 25, 1776 • Dublin • Ireland
Died April 16, 1859 (aged 82) • London • England
Notable Works “Florence McCarthy” • “France” • “O’Donnel” • “The Wild Irish Girl”
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Irish author
Oscar Wilde
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Jonathan Swift
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George Bernard Shaw
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Poet Seamus Heaney
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Irish author
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George Moore, 1908.
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