John Gay

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John Gay

Gay, John (1685–1732), poet and playwright

Oxford Biography Index Number 101010473 [what is this?]
http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010473/John-Gay Primary authority: Oxford DNB

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David Nokes, ‘Gay, John (1685–1732)’, first published 2004; online edn, Jan 2009, 6012 words, with portrait illustration

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/10473

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