noted for his delicate touches of dress, furniture and scene, and a vivid replication of the fine airs of London gentlemen and ladies which may even better Congreve's. His biography was first written in detail by Edmund Gosse in Seventeenth Century Studies (1883). References External links 1630s births 1692 deaths People educated at Lord Williams's School People from Maidenhead 17th-century English male writers 17th-century English writers 17th-century English dramatists and playwrights English male dramatists and playwrights