William Davenant
Playwright, Author
1606 – 1668
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Who was William Davenant?
Sir William Davenant, also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras and who was active both before and after the English Civil War and during the Interregnum.
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- Born
- Mar 3, 1606
Oxford - Also known as
- William D'Avenant
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Lincoln College, Oxford
- Employment
- Poet laureate, Government of the United Kingdom
(1637 - 1668)
- Poet laureate, Government of the United Kingdom
- Died
- Apr 7, 1668
London - Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
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on July 23, 2013
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