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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816

LC control no.n 79089813
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR3680 PR3684
Personal name headingSheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
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Variant(s)Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler, 1751-1816
Sheridan, R., 1751-1816
Ṣeriḍān, 1751-1816
Sheridan, R. (Richard), 1751-1816
Chēridǣn, Richāt Brinsalī, 1751-1816
Sheridan, R. B. (Richard Brinsley), 1751-1816
Sheridan, Thos. Brinsley, 1751-1816
Brinsley, Thos., 1751-1816
Sheridan, Richard B., 1751-1816
Шеридан, Р, 1751-1816
Шеридан, Ричард Б., 1751-1816
Sheridan, Richard, 1751-1816
Sheridan, R. B. B. (Richard Brinsley Butler), 1751-1816
Associated countryIreland England
Associated placeWestminster Abbey
Birth date1751
Death date1816-07-07
Place of birthDublin (Ireland)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Field of activityDrama Comedy plays
AffiliationGreat Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Profession or occupationDramatists Politicians Legislators Statesmen
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inKhrennikov, T.N. Dorotei︠a︡, 1986: t.p. (po pʹese R. Sheridana) added t.p. (R. Sheridan [in rom.])
Vajiravudh, King of Siam. Lakhō̜n phūt rư̄ang ninthāsamōsō̜n, 1946?: t.p. (Richāt Brinsali Chēridǣn)
His The speech of R.B. Sheridan, Esq., member for Stafford, on Wednesday, the 7th of February, 1787 ... 1787: t.p. (R.B. Sheridan)
Praṇaya rōgalu, 1946: t.p. (Ṣeriḍān)
The dramatic works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1973: volume 1, page xv (4 November 1751: Christened 'Thos. Brinsley Sheridan' at St. Mary's Church, Dublin; 12 September 1780: Elected M.P. for Stafford; 27 March-1 July 1782: Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; 21 February-18 December 1783: Secretary to the Treasury; November 1806: Succeeded Charles James Fox as M.P. for Westminster; May 1807: Defeated in the Westminster election but became M.P. for Ilchester; 7 July 1816: Died at Savile Row; 13 July 1816: Buried in Westminster Abbey)
Wikipedia, December 9, 2015 (Richard Brinsley Sheridan; Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751-7 July 1816) was an Irish playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; for thirty-two years he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons for Stafford (1780-1806), Westminster (1806-1807) and Ilchester (1807-1812). He was buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey; born Dublin, Ireland; family moved permanently to England in 1758 when he was age seven; died 14 Savile Row, London, England; profession: Statesman, playwright; Member of Parliament)
Oxford dictionary of national biography, via WWW, December 9, 2015 (Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816), playwright and politician; born in September or October 1751 at 12 Dorset Street, Dublin; baptized at St Mary's Church on 4 November, the register listing him as 'Thos. Brinsley'; died at 14 Savile Row on 7 July 1816)
   <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25367>
Sheridan, R. Shkola zloslovii︠a︡, 2015: disc surface (Ричард Б. Шеридан = Richard B. Sheridan)
Britannica (website), viewed Sept. 2, 2021: Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Anglo-Irish playwright. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in full Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan, (baptized November 4, 1751, Dublin, Ireland-died July 7, 1816, London, England), Irish-born playwright, impresario, orator, and Whig politician. His plays, notably The School for Scandal (1777), form a link in the history of the comedy of manners between the end of the 17th century and Oscar Wilde in the 19th century.)
   <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Brinsley-Sheridan>
OCLC, viewed Sept. 2, 2021 (access points: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler; Sheridan, R. B. B.; Sheridan, R. B.; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley)
Associated languageeng