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Also Known As Sir William D’Avenant
Born February 1606 • Oxford • England
Died April 7, 1668 (aged 62) • London • England
Title / Office poet laureate (1638-1668)
Notable Works “The Siege of Rhodes Made a Representation by the Art of Prospective in Scenes, And the Story sung in Recitative Musick”

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