Sir William Davenant

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegedGodfather gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1606-02-28
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:child gptkb:Charles_Davenant
gptkb:Jane_Davenant
gptkb:William_Davenant_Jr.
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:John_Dryden
Inigo Jones
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Restoration_theatre
gptkbp:deathDate 1668-04-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Duke's_Company
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
gptkb:poetry
drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Davenant
gptkbp:imprisonedAt gptkb:English_Civil_War
gptkbp:influenced Restoration dramatists
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:William_Shakespeare
gptkbp:introduced first English opera
gptkbp:knighted gptkb:King_Charles_I
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Gondibert
gptkb:Love_and_Honour
gptkb:The_Siege_of_Rhodes
gptkb:The_Wits
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:poet
gptkb:theatre_director
playwright
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Jane_Shepherd_Davenant
gptkb:John_Davenant
gptkbp:Poet_Laureate_of_England 1638–1668
gptkbp:releaseYear gptkb:John_Milton
gptkbp:restored theatre after Puritan ban
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Davenant
gptkbp:successor Ben Jonson as Poet Laureate
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_Unfortunate_Lovers
gptkb:The_Cruel_Brother
gptkb:The_Distresses
gptkb:The_Fair_Favourite
gptkb:The_Just_Italian
gptkb:The_Law_Against_Lovers
gptkb:The_Platonick_Lovers
gptkb:The_Playhouse_to_be_Let
gptkb:The_Triumphs_of_the_Prince_d'Amour
News from Plymouth
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Duke's_Company
gptkb:Henry_Herringman
gptkb:Charles_Davenant
gptkb:Gondibert
gptkb:Rutland_House,_London,_England
gptkb:King's_School,_Worcester
gptkb:Masons
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6