Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Painting of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who is wearing a light blue coat over a ruffled white shirt.
Black and white, head and shoulders print of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, from a crayon drawing by John Russell. He is turned slightly to the right, wearing a short powdered wig and white cravat with a dark coat.

Milestones

30 October 1751

RBS , son of the novelist and playwright Frances Sheridan , and later a playwright and theatre manager himself, was born at 12 Dorset Street, Dublin.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press, 1954.
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Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

7 July 1816

RBS , playwright, theatre manager, and politician, died in London.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press, 1954.
478
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

Biography

Birth and Heritage

30 October 1751

RBS , son of the novelist and playwright Frances Sheridan , and later a playwright and theatre manager himself, was born at 12 Dorset Street, Dublin.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Literature. Clarendon Press, 1954.
478
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements.

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