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• Gay,John — Gay (gā), John. 1685 1732. English writer known especially for his play The Beggar s Opera (1728). * * * …   Universalium

• Gay, John — born , June 30, 1685, Barnstaple, Devon, Eng. died Dec. 4, 1732, London British poet and dramatist. From an ancient but impoverished Devonshire family, Gay was apprenticed to a silk mercer in London but was released early. He soon cofounded the… …   Universalium

• Gay, John — ► (1685 1732) Poeta y fabulista inglés. Autor de La semana del pastor. * * * (30 jun. 1685, Barnstaple, Devon, Inglaterra–4 dic. 1732, Londres). Poeta y dramaturgo británico. Nacido en una antigua familia empobrecida de Devonshire, Gay fue… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Gay, John — (1685 1732)    Born in Barnstaple, Devon, he lived most of is life in London. He was secretary to the Duchess of Monmouth and to Lord Clarendon, envoy to the court of Hanover. Although chiefly remembered as the author of The Beggar s Opera (1728) …   British and Irish poets

• GAY, JOHN —    an English poet, born at Barnstaple the same year as Pope, a friend of his, to whom he dedicated his Rural Sports ; was the author of a series of Fables and the Beggar s Opera, a piece which was received with great enthusiasm, and had a run of …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Gay, John — (1685 1732)    Poet and dramatist, b. near Barnstaple of a good but decayed family. His parents dying while he was a child he was apprenticed to a silk mercer in London, but not liking the trade, was released by his master. In 1708 he pub. a poem …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature