Gay, John
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![Oil painting by Godfrey Kneller of an unknown man traditionally identified as John Gay[1] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://zoomviewer.toolforge.org/fcgi-bin/iipsrv.fcgi/?iiif=cache%2F372392f909db2c3f504691a79e577447.tif/full/,340/0/native.jpg "Oil painting by Godfrey Kneller of an unknown man traditionally identified as John Gay[1] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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Wikimedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unknown_man,_formerly_known_as_John_Gay.jpg
Basic data
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June 30, 1685 in Barnstaple, Devonshire
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†December 4, 1732 in London
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Schriftsteller
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London
Iconography
![Oil painting by Godfrey Kneller of an unknown man traditionally identified as John Gay[1] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Unknown_man,_formerly_known_as_John_Gay.jpg "Oil painting by Godfrey Kneller of an unknown man traditionally identified as John Gay[1] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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Biographical information from the WeGA
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Biography not available due to one of the following causes:
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- Research of the WeGA was without success so far
- It is a well known person where enough information is available online elsewhere, see e.g Wikipedia
