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Gay, John (1685 - 1732)

Index to poems

  1. The Beggar's Opera
  2. An Elegy on a Lap-dog
  3. Fable L: The Hare and Many Friends
  4. The Shepherd's Week
  5. Sweet William's Farewell to Black-ey'd Susan: A Ballad
  6. Trivia; or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London
Given Name: 
John
Family Name: 
Gay
Birth Date: 
1685
Death Date: 
December 4, 1732
Nationality: 
English
Family Relations: 
father : William Gay
sister : Katherine Baller
sister : Joanna Fortescue

Education

Spoken Languages: 
English

Occupations

Literary Period: 
Augustan
Literary Movement: 
Unknown

Illness

Cause of Death: 
Fever
Buried At: 
Westminster Abbey
First RPO Edition: 
1997