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Article: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816)
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SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY (1751
–
1816)
SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY
(1751
–
1816), Irish playwright, theater manager, and politician. Sheridan was born in Dublin shortly before 4 November 1751, the day when he was baptized. His father was Thomas Sheridan, an Irish Protestant actor and theater manager; his mother was Frances Sheridan, who became well known as a writer of novels, including
The Memoirs of Miss Sydney Biddulph
(1761) and the Oriental tale
The History of Nourjahad
(1767).
The family moved to England, where Sheridan attended, and disliked, Harrow School, until 1770 when he left and moved, again with his family, to Bath. Early efforts at writing included
Jupiter,
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