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Born 1595
Died November 13, 1650 (aged 55) • London • England • (Died on this day)
Notable Works “Pharsalia”
Subjects Of Study Long Parliament
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English writer
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Anthony Munday
English poet, dramatist, pamphleteer, and translator
George Chapman, engraved portrait by W. Hole from the frontispiece to The Whole Works of Homer
George Chapman
English writer
Edmund Gosse, detail of an oil painting by John Singer Sargent, 1886; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Edmund Gosse
British critic and writer
Elijah Fenton, engraving
Elijah Fenton
British poet
Joost van den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel
Dutch writer
Opitz, Martin
Martin Opitz
German poet
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Lucius Livius Andronicus
Roman author
Coornhert, Dirck Volckertszoon
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Dutch author
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Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye
Ethiopian author
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
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Marlowe or not Marlowe?
Christopher Marlowe
English writer
William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
William Congreve
English dramatist
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Thomas Lodge
English writer
Thomas Shadwell, engraving.
Thomas Shadwell
English author
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Eric Bentley
American critic, translator, and stage director
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Sir Charles Sedley, 4th Baronet
English writer
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Sidney Godolphin
English poet
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Laurence Binyon
English scholar and poet
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Anne Ridler
British writer