George Farquhar (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
George Farquhar (FAHR-kwur), the son of William Farquhar, a clergyman, entered Trinity College, Dublin, at the age of seventeen, under the patronage of the bishop of Dromore. He was soon thereafter expelled, possibly because of the death of his patron. After leaving the college, he worked for a while as a corrector for the press of a bookseller and then as an actor in Dublin. In a fencing scene in John Dryden’s Indian Emperor, however, Farquhar forgot to change his sword for a foil and almost killed a fellow actor. He never acted again.
He arrived in London about 1697...
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