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George Gerbier d'Ouvilly

1638 – 1661

Dutch-English playwright and translator

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Lived 1638 – 1661 (aged 22–23). George Gerbier d'Ouvilly was a playwright, translator and writer.

George Gerbier d'Ouvilly (fl. 1661) was a Dutch soldier, dramatist and translator. He was the son Sir Balthazar Gerbier, and, like him, had William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven as a patron.

He joined Lord Craven's regiment in the Low Countries, and rose to be a captain. At the English Restoration of 1660 he was residing in London.

Works Gerbier d'Ouvilly wrote:

A tragi-comedy The False Favourite Disgrac'd, and the Reward of Loyalty, 12mo, London, 1657, not acted. Prosopagraphia, or some Select Pourtraitures and Lives of Ancient and Modern Illustrious Personages, forming the third part of William Lee's edition of Thomas North's Plutarch, London, 1657; translations of biographies from the French of André Thévet. Il Trionfo d'Inghilterra overo Racconto et Relatione delle Solennità fatte & osservate nella … Incoronatione … di Carlo Secondo … nel terzo giorno di Maggio, 1661, Venice, 1661.

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1638
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Died
1661

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Dutch-English playwright and translator

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George Gerbier d'Ouvilly was born in 1638.

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George Gerbier d'Ouvilly died in 1661.

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George Gerbier d'Ouvilly was a playwright, translator and writer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: George Gerbier d'Ouvilly

· Wikidata: Q2106305

· DBpedia: George Gerbier d'Ouvilly

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