biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1609–41)
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| biography:
| Poet and playwright, born in Whitton, Middlesex, SE England, UK. He studied at Cambridge, then lived splendidly at court, but involvement in political intrigue on behalf of the Royalist party led him to flee the country, and he died (it is said by Aubrey, by his own hand) in Paris. His plays (such as Aglaura, 1637) are austere, but his lyrics, influenced by Donne and Herbert, are highly acclaimed. They were published in Fragmenta aurea (1646). Contemporary sources describe him as a wit and gamester, and he is credited with having invented the game of cribbage. |
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