William Congreve

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Milestones

Probably 24 January 1670

WC , poet and playwright, was born at Bardsley near Leeds in Yorkshire.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives his birth as either this date or 30 January.
Congreve, William. “Chronology”. The Way of the World, edited by Kathleen M. Lynch, University of Nebraska Press, pp. 126-36.
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19 January 1729

WC , poet and playwright, died at his lodgings in Surrey Street, London.
Congreve, William. “Chronology”. The Way of the World, edited by Kathleen M. Lynch, University of Nebraska Press, pp. 126-36.
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Biography

Birth and Background

Probably 24 January 1670

WC , poet and playwright, was born at Bardsley near Leeds in Yorkshire.
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives his birth as either this date or 30 January.
Congreve, William. “Chronology”. The Way of the World, edited by Kathleen M. Lynch, University of Nebraska Press, pp. 126-36.
128

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