Gay, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
GAY, JOHN 1685 1732, English playwright and poet, b. Barnstaple, Devon. Educated at the local grammar school, he was apprenticed...written the following year, was suppressed by Sir Robert Walpole since it (like The Beggars Opera ) ridiculed his government. Gay was also the author of two books of verse called Fables (1727, 1738), which were very popular in his generation. See his...