Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751 - 1816)

Index to poems
  1. Here's to the Maiden of Bashful Fifteen
  2. If a Daughter you have
Biography
  • Jeffares, A. Norman. "Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004. Online ed. Ed. Lawrence Goldman. Jan. 2008.
Given Name
Richard Brinsley
Family Name
Sheridan
Birth Date
October 30, 1751
Death Date
July 7, 1816
Nationality
Irish
Family Relations
grandfather : Thomas Sheridan
father : Thomas Sheridan
sister : Elizabeth Lefanu
wife : Sheridan (from 13 Apr. 1773)
wife : Esther Jane Sheridan (from 27 Apr. 1795)
son : Tom Sheridan
son : Charles Brinsley Sheridan
Education
  • Private tutor, Lewis Ker



  • School in Dublin kept by Samuel Whyte



  • Harrow school



  • Middle Temple



  • Waltham Abbey, Essex



Occupations
  • Manager, Drury Land Theatre



  • Statesman



Literary Period
Age of Johnson
Literary Movement
Unknown
Illness
Buried At
Westminster Abbey
First RPO Edition
1996-2000