| LC control no. | n 50001450 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR3671.S8 |
| Personal name heading | Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692 |
| Variant(s) | Shadwell, Tho. (Thomas), 1642?-1692 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Located | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1642? |
| Death date | 1692-11 |
| Place of birth | Norfolk (England) |
| Field of activity | Playwriting Drama Poetry |
| Affiliation | Middle Temple (London, England) Gonville and Caius College |
| Profession or occupation | Dramatists Poets |
| Found in | nuc89-60153: His The volunteers, or, The stock-jobbers [MI] 1693 (hdg. on CSt rept.: Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692; usage: Tho. Shadwell) LC data base, 2/12/90 (hdg.: Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692; usage: Thomas Shadwell) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, viewed 30 July 2020 (Shadwell, Thomas; c. 1640-1692; playwright and poet, was born in Norfolk, either at Santon Hall or Broomhill House, Weeting; about 1655, Shadwell attended the grammar school in Bury St Edmunds; on 17 December 1656 he matriculated from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; he left Cambridge without taking a degree, and entered the Middle Temple on 7 July 1658; he studied there and then travelled, visiting Ireland for four months; Shadwell's first play, The sullen lovers, was premiered on 2 May 1668 by the Duke's Company; after the revolution of 1688, Shadwell was awarded the posts of poet laureate and historiographer royal; he died on 19 or 20 November 1692) |
| Associated language | eng |
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