Biography of benjamin johnson
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Life of Ben Jonson
Birth
Benjamin Jonson was born on 11 June , probably in or near London. He was of Scottish descent, and retained a keen interest in the country of his forebears. ‘His grandfather came from Carlisle, and he thought from Annandale to it; he served King Henry VIII, and was a gentleman’, noted the Scottish poet William Drummond of Hawthornden, after meeting Jonson on his travels north of the border in –19 (Informations, –8). The Johnstones or Johnstouns - the name is spelt in thirteen different ways in Scotland in this period, but always with a ‘t’ – were a powerful family of brigands and aristocratic warlords who had played a major part in skirmishes in Annandale and along the Scottish borders over several centuries. Jonson was sufficiently impressed by their reputation to have adopted their armorial bearings of ‘three spindles or rhombi’ (Informations, –7). Jonson's grandfather may have been one of the Scottish prisoners seized by the English from Annandal
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Ben Jonson
English playwright, poet, and actor (–)
For other people with similar names, see Ben Johnson.
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June – 18 August&#;[O.S. 6 August]&#;) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (), Volpone, or The Fox (c.&#;), The Alchemist () and Bartholomew Fair () and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. He is regarded as "the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I."[2]
Jonson was a classically educated, well-read and cultured man of the English Renaissance with an appetite for controversy (personal and political, artistic and intellectual) whose cultural influence was of unparalleled breadth upon the playwrights and the poets of the Jacobean era (–) and of the Caroline era (–).[3][4 • American actor and stuntman (–) For other people with the same name, see Ben Johnson. Ben Johnson Johnson in Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. Foraker, Oklahoma, U.S. Mesa, Arizona, U.S. Carol Elaine Jones &#; &#; Francis Benjamin Johnson Jr. (June 13, – April 8, ) was an American film and television actor, stuntman, and world-champion rodeocowboy. Johnson brought authenticity to many roles in Westerns with his droll manner and expert horsemanship. The son of a rancher, Johnson arrived in Hollywood to deliver a consignment of horses for a film. He did stunt-double work for several years before breaking into acting with the help of John Ford. An elegiac portrayal of a former cowboy theater owner in the s coming-of-age
Ben Johnson (actor)
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()June 13, Died April 8, () (aged&#;77) Resting place Pawhuska City Cemetery Occupations Years&#;active – Spouse