Ben Jonson

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dramatist person playwright poet satirist

Ben Jonson was a prominent English Renaissance dramatist and poet, best known for his satirical plays such as "Volpone" and "The Alchemist" and for helping shape early modern English theatre.

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Jonson 2
George Chapman 1
O Rare Ben Jonson 1

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instanceOf dramatist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
birthDate 1572-06-11 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
contemporaryOf William Shakespeare ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
deathDate 1637-08-06 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
education Westminster School NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Ben Jonson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jonson
genre comedy ⓘ
masque ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Benjamin ⓘ
hasEpitaph Ben Jonson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: O Rare Ben Jonson
influenced English Renaissance drama ⓘ
knownFor satirical comedies of humours ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement English Renaissance ⓘ
Stuart period ⓘ
surface form: Jacobean era
name Ben Jonson self-link ⓘ
notableWork Bartholomew Fair ⓘ
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) ⓘ
surface form: Catiline His Conspiracy

Epicœne, or The Silent Woman ⓘ
Every Man in His Humour ⓘ
On My First Son ⓘ
Sejanus His Fall ⓘ
The Alchemist ⓘ
The Devil Is an Ass ⓘ
Timber, or Discoveries ⓘ
To Penshurst ⓘ
Volpone ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
patron Anne of Denmark ⓘ
James VI and I ⓘ
surface form: James I of England
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
servedIn English army in the Low Countries ⓘ
wasImprisonedFor killing an actor in a duel ⓘ
wrote Bartholomew Fair ⓘ
Catiline His Conspiracy ⓘ
Epicœne, or The Silent Woman ⓘ
Every Man in His Humour ⓘ
On My First Son ⓘ
Sejanus His Fall ⓘ
The Alchemist ⓘ
The Devil Is an Ass ⓘ
Timber, or Discoveries ⓘ
To Penshurst ⓘ
Volpone ⓘ

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Ben Jonson → familyName → Ben Jonson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jonson
Ben Jonson → hasEpitaph → Ben Jonson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: O Rare Ben Jonson
Johnson → hasSpellingVariant → Ben Jonson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jonson
Ben Jonson → name → Ben Jonson self-link ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Chapman