Related Paintings of unknow artist :. | Melchisedek as a Christ-similar priest king | Mosaic from the Roman villa at Zliten in Tripolitania showing horses and cattle threshing corn | Portrait of Helen Percy, Duchess of Northumberland | Portrait of Natalia Romanov | johan johnsen | Related Artists:
Arvid Ahlbergpainted Segelbatar, Vastkusten in 1907
Frederick MorganEnglish Painter 1856-1927
William Congreve (24 January 1670 - 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet.
Congreve was born in Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England (near Leeds). His parents were William Congreve (1637-1708) and his wife, Mary; a sister was buried in London in 1672. He spent his childhood in Ireland, where his father, a Cavalier, had settled during the reign of Charles II. Congreve was educated at Trinity College in Dublin; there he met Jonathan Swift, who would be his friend for the remainder of his life. Upon graduation, he matriculated in the Middle Temple in London to study law, but felt himself pulled toward literature, drama, and the fashionable life.
