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Also Known As Thomas Brown
Born 1663 • England
Died June 16, 1704 (aged 41) • London • England
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
British poet
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Henry Fielding, frontispiece to Fielding's Works (1st ed., 1762), engraving by James Basire after a drawing by William Hogarth
Henry Fielding
English author
Poet John Dryden
John Dryden
British author
Samuel Butler, detail of an oil painting by Charles Gogin, 1896; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Samuel Butler
English author [1835-1902]
John Gay, oil painting by William Aikman; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.
John Gay
British author
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Samuel Butler
English author [1612–1680]
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Thomas Nashe
English writer
John Skelton, detail of the frontispiece to The Garlande of Laurelle, printed by Richard Faukes, 1523; in the British Museum
John Skelton
English poet
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Thomas Lodge
English writer
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John Marston
British dramatist
Marvell, Andrew
Andrew Marvell
English poet
John Wilmot, 2nd earl of Rochester, detail of an oil painting attributed to J. Huysmans; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Wilmot, 2nd earl of Rochester
English poet
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William Wycherley
English dramatist
George Gascoigne
George Gascoigne
English poet
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Sir Angus Wilson
British author
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John Sheffield, 1st duke of Buckingham and Normanby
British statesman and author
Evelyn Waugh, photograph by Mark Gerson, 1964.
Evelyn Waugh
English author
Joseph Hall, detail of an engraving by John Payne, 1628
Joseph Hall
English bishop, philosopher, and satirist
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Samuel Foote
British actor