John Gay

(1685-1732)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gay, John, 1685-1732 NRA: Gay John (1685-1732) Poet and Dramatist DNB: Gay, John (1685-1732), poet and playwright LBT ID: JoGay1732 VIAF ID: 2480890 LOC ID: n80045862	B/BAP: 1685-06-30 DIED: 1732-12-04
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English poet and Scriblerian satirist; author of The Shepherd's Week (1714), Trivia (1714), and The Beggar's Opera (1727).