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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 24 January 1670, 1670
- Died
- 19 January 1729, 1729
- Place of birth
- Leeds
- Place of death
- London
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Congreve
- Occupation
- playwright, poet, writer, translator, engineer, librettist
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- depicted by
- William Congreve, William Congreve (1670–1729)
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Library of the World's Best Literature, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
- different from
- Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- Kilkenny College
- name in native language
- William Congreve
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
- unmarried partner
- Henrietta Churchill, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough
- writing language
- English
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