Thomas Shadwell
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It sits within the topics 1640s births, 1692 deaths and 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1642?
- Died
- 1692
- Works
- 98
Top works
- Notes and observations on the Empress of Morocco
- Satyr to his muse
- Four select plays, viz
- Macbeth
- The squire of Alsatia
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 325
- Total plays
- 1,095
Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642 – 19 November 1692) was an English poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689. Shadwell was born at Stanton Hall, Norfolk, and educated at Bury St Edmunds School, and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1656. He left the university without a degree, and joined the Middle Temple. At the Whig triumph in 1688, he superseded John Dryden as poet laureate and historiographer royal. He died at Chelsea on 19 November 1692. <a href="h
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- Norfolk
- Place of death
- Greater London
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
- Educated at
- Gonville and Caius College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Thomas Shadwell.jpg
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- date of death
- 1692-11-19
- date of birth
- 1642-00-00
- Commons category
- Thomas Shadwell
- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Shadwell
- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
Sources (3)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Thomas Shadwell, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana