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Thomas Shadwell (ca. 1640-1692)

Last name
Shadwell
First name
Thomas
Gender
male
Birth date
ca. 1640
Death date
1692
Nationality
English
Languages
  • English
  • Greek
  • Latin
Education
  • Bury St. Edmunds grammar school (unknown)
  • Gonville/Caius College, Cambridge (unknown) : 17 December 1656
  • Middle Temple (unknown) : 7 July 1658
Religion
  • Protestant
  • Roman Catholic : 1660 to 1661
Occupation
  • playwright
  • poet
Illness
  • gout
  • opium overdose
Buried at
St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, Nov. 24, 1692
Editor's notes
13/10/2005
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Editor's notes
12/10/2005