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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Conway, William Augustus, 1789-1828 NRA: Conway, William Augustus (1789-1828) Actor DNB: Conway, William Augustus [real name William Augustus Rugg] (1789-1828), actor LBT ID: WiConwa1828 VIAF ID: 57546538 LOC ID: n84229972 | B/BAP: 1789 DIED: 1828 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Originally Rugg; he was an English actor at Covent Garden, and from 1823 in the United
States. The nature of his relationship with the elderly Hester Thrale Piozzi has been
disputed; he died a suicide. | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF William Augustus Conway: William Augustus Conway to William Jerdan, 18 October 1822 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) | |
