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Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 18 August [O.S. 6 August] 1637) was an English playwright, poet and actor. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence

Sons of Ben were followers of Ben Jonson in English poetry and drama in the first half of the seventeenth century. These men followed Ben Jonson's philosophy

surname include: Ben Jonson (1572–1637), English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor Björn Jonson (born 1940), Swedish professor Fredric Jonson (born 1987)

Ben Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) collected his plays and other writings into a book he titled The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. In 1616 it

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and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature

that includes 36 of his plays. Its preface includes a prescient poem by Ben Jonson, a former rival of Shakespeare, who hailed Shakespeare with the now-famous

rumored to be Shakespeare's illegitimate son. In 1638, Davenant replaced Ben Jonson as the new Poet Laureate. Davenant was a Royalist in the English Civil

discussion of critics from Ben Jonson on. Ben Jonson, 'Conversations with Drummond of Hawthornden', in Herford and Simpson, ed. Ben Jonson, vol. 1, p. 139. Greene's