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(‎Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): Education: Trinity College, Dublin, matriculated 1720, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1638101435300)
(‎Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: Many of Brooke's works reflect the sentimentality characteristic of the mid-18th c. A patriot Whig with staunch anti-Catholic protestant tendencies, Brooke received government censure for his politically controversial works; his play Gustavus Vasa: the Deliverer of his Country, and his satirical opera Jack the Giant-Queller, were banned for their subversive content. He was very active in Ireland's political life, publishing a number o...)
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Overall: Many of Brooke's works reflect the sentimentality characteristic of the mid-18th c. A patriot Whig with staunch anti-Catholic protestant tendencies, Brooke received government censure for his politically controversial works; his play Gustavus Vasa: the Deliverer of his Country, and his satirical opera Jack the Giant-Queller, were banned for their subversive content. He was very active in Ireland's political life, publishing a number of zealous pamphlets. The novel The Fool of Quality is his best-known work. The DNB characterizes Brooke as "a representative of the tightly-knit Anglo-Irish class of the mid-eighteenth century and a man of letters trying his hand at various literary genres."
 
Property / Biographical notes: Overall: Many of Brooke's works reflect the sentimentality characteristic of the mid-18th c. A patriot Whig with staunch anti-Catholic protestant tendencies, Brooke received government censure for his politically controversial works; his play Gustavus Vasa: the Deliverer of his Country, and his satirical opera Jack the Giant-Queller, were banned for their subversive content. He was very active in Ireland's political life, publishing a number of zealous pamphlets. The novel The Fool of Quality is his best-known work. The DNB characterizes Brooke as "a representative of the tightly-knit Anglo-Irish class of the mid-eighteenth century and a man of letters trying his hand at various literary genres." / rank
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Property / Biographical notes: Overall: Many of Brooke's works reflect the sentimentality characteristic of the mid-18th c. A patriot Whig with staunch anti-Catholic protestant tendencies, Brooke received government censure for his politically controversial works; his play Gustavus Vasa: the Deliverer of his Country, and his satirical opera Jack the Giant-Queller, were banned for their subversive content. He was very active in Ireland's political life, publishing a number of zealous pamphlets. The novel The Fool of Quality is his best-known work. The DNB characterizes Brooke as "a representative of the tightly-knit Anglo-Irish class of the mid-eighteenth century and a man of letters trying his hand at various literary genres." / reference
 

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* 1703, + 1783-10-10, Irish writer
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Henry Brooke
* 1703, + 1783-10-10, Irish writer

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    10 October 1783Gregorian
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