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- Jonson was the close and friendly rival of playwright William Shakespeare, a friend of the English poet John Donne, and the unofficial national poet of England. He was also an accomplished writer and one of the finest Greek scholars of his day. Many people of his own time considered him to be as good a writer as Shakespeare or better.
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Benjamin Jonson ( c. 11 June 1572 – c. 6 August 1637) [2] was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy.
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Ben Jonson was born around June 11, 1572, the posthumous son of a clergyman. He was educated at Westminster School by the great classical scholar William Camden and worked in his stepfather's trade, bricklaying. The trade did not please him in the least, and he joined the army, serving in Flanders.
B en Jonson, one of Elizabethan England's greatest writers, led a life filled with social, political, and religious reversals. Jonson was the close and friendly rival of playwright William Shakespeare, a friend of the English poet John Donne, and the unofficial national poet of England.
Jun 12, 2024 · Ben Jonson (born June 11?, 1572, London, England—died August 6, 1637, London) was an English Stuart dramatist, lyric poet, and literary critic. He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I.
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Ben Jonson was a poet and a playwright, born on 11th June 1572, in the reign of Elizabeth I. Jonson was of Scottish descent and throughout his life maintained a great interest in Scotland and his ancestry. He was brought up by his recently widowed mother and had quite a poor upbringing.
Ben Jonson, Renaissance Dramatist, Playwright, and Poet, Competitor to William Shakespeare. Writer of Masques, Plays, Poetry, and Epigrams. Life, works, and resources.
Ben Jonson was born, probably in Westminster, London, England in the beginning of the year 1573. By the poet's account his grandfather had been a gentleman who "came from" Carlisle, and originally, the grandson thought, from Annandale.
