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David Humphreys
Playwright, Author
1752 – 1818
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Who was David Humphreys?
David Humphreys was an American Revolutionary War colonel and aide de camp to George Washington, American minister to Portugal and then to Spain, entrepreneur who brought Merino sheep to America and member of the Connecticut state legislature. A poet and author, he was one of the "Hartford Wits."
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- Born
- Jul 10, 1752
Derby - Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Yale College
( - 1767)
- Lived in
- Connecticut
- Derby
- Mount Vernon
- New York City
- Portugal
- Madrid
- Died
- Feb 21, 1818
New Haven - Resting place
- Grove Street Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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