Revision history of "John Gay" (Q387487)

28 February 2023

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27 November 2022

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31 August 2022

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29 December 2021

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29 November 2021

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28 November 2021

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27 November 2021

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26 November 2021

• curprev 22:3222:32, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 6,691 bytes +389‎ ‎Created claim: Online information (P146): https://database.factgrid.de/wiki/Item_talk:Q387487
• curprev 22:3222:32, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 6,302 bytes −2,033‎ ‎Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: Gay was a poet/playwright and member of the Scriblerus Club. He had a rocky start, but his Poems on Several Occasions gained him a considerable amount wealth, which he invested and augmented. However, he lost much in the South Sea crash; thanks to Pope's intervention, Gay managed to secure over £400 for his original investment of £1000. Gay is an interesting case of an "uneducated," "working-class" man becoming a successful (though st...
• curprev 22:3222:32, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 8,335 bytes −1,246‎ ‎Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): Periodicals etc.: contributed to the British Apollo, ed. Aaron Hill and Marshall Smith, a promotional poem ‘To the learned ingenious Author of Licentia Poetica Discuss'd’; Miscellany, ed. Bernard Lintot (‘On a Miscellany of Poems’ and a translation of ‘The Story of Arachne’); the Guardian, ed. Steele (contributed part of the essay on an ‘Obsequium Catholicon’); Poetical Miscellany, ed. Steele (‘A Thought on Eternity’); anonymous tory satires i...
• curprev 22:3222:32, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 9,581 bytes −916‎ ‎Removed claim: Biographical notes (P173): Coteries: Aaron Hill; William Fortescue; Scriblerus Club, 1714: Pope, Swift, John Arbuthnot, Thomas Parnell, and Lord Oxford; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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• curprev 21:2321:23, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 12,378 bytes +443‎ ‎Added reference to claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: Gay was a poet/playwright and member of the Scriblerus Club. He had a rocky start, but his Poems on Several Occasions gained him a considerable amount wealth, which he invested and augmented. However, he lost much in the South Sea crash; thanks to Pope's intervention, Gay managed to secure over £400 for his original investment of £1000. Gay is an interesting case of an "uneducated," "working-class" man becoming a successful (though strug... Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
• curprev 21:2321:23, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 11,935 bytes +1,573‎ ‎Created claim: Biographical notes (P173): Overall: Gay was a poet/playwright and member of the Scriblerus Club. He had a rocky start, but his Poems on Several Occasions gained him a considerable amount wealth, which he invested and augmented. However, he lost much in the South Sea crash; thanks to Pope's intervention, Gay managed to secure over £400 for his original investment of £1000. Gay is an interesting case of an "uneducated," "working-class" man becoming a successful (though str... Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
• curprev 20:5520:55, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 10,362 bytes +443‎ ‎Added reference to claim: Biographical notes (P173): Periodicals etc.: contributed to the British Apollo, ed. Aaron Hill and Marshall Smith, a promotional poem ‘To the learned ingenious Author of Licentia Poetica Discuss'd’; Miscellany, ed. Bernard Lintot (‘On a Miscellany of Poems’ and a translation of ‘The Story of Arachne’); the Guardian, ed. Steele (contributed part of the essay on an ‘Obsequium Catholicon’); Poetical Miscellany, ed. Steele (‘A Thought on Eternity’); anonymous tory satires in T... Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
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• curprev 19:2319:23, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 9,116 bytes +443‎ ‎Added reference to claim: Biographical notes (P173): Coteries: Aaron Hill; William Fortescue; Scriblerus Club, 1714: Pope, Swift, John Arbuthnot, Thomas Parnell, and Lord Oxford; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637947391355 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
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• curprev 19:0019:00, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 8,200 bytes +443‎ ‎Added reference to claim: Biographical notes (P173): Patrons: William Pulteney (“it seems probable that Gay used the pseudonym James Baker to aid his new patron”) (DNB); the earl of Burlington; the earl of Warwick; duchess of Queensberry; Henrietta Howard, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637945783359 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
• curprev 19:0019:00, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 7,757 bytes +528‎ ‎Created claim: Biographical notes (P173): Patrons: William Pulteney (“it seems probable that Gay used the pseudonym James Baker to aid his new patron”) (DNB); the earl of Burlington; the earl of Warwick; duchess of Queensberry; Henrietta Howard, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637945783359 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
• curprev 18:2518:25, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 7,229 bytes +443‎ ‎Added reference to claim: Biographical notes (P173): Education: Barnstaple grammar school; did not attend university due to financial constraints; apprentice to the silk mercer John Willet in London, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637943854352 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
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• curprev 12:4312:43, 26 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 6,302 bytes −1,273‎ ‎Removed claim: Educating institution (P160): Input here (Q6), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637923346463 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
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25 November 2021

• curprev 00:4900:49, 25 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 6,302 bytes −31‎ ‎Changed [fr] description: * 1685-06-30 Barnstaple, + 1732-12-04, poète et dramaturge anglais, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637793016012 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
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• curprev 00:4900:49, 25 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 6,379 bytes −60‎ ‎Changed [fr] label: John Gay, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637793016012 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
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• curprev 00:0600:06, 25 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 6,563 bytes +60‎ ‎Changed [fr] label: * 1685-06-30 Barnstaple, + 1732-12-04, poète et dramaturge anglais, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637791142611 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
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24 November 2021

• curprev 12:0312:03, 24 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 6,379 bytes −409‎ ‎Removed claim: Career statement (P165): Poet (Q38831), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637747936679 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
• curprev 11:5311:53, 24 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 6,788 bytes +364‎ ‎Added qualifier: Wider field of genres (P122): Opera plays (Q388476), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637746936574 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
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22 November 2021

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20 November 2021

• curprev 23:4423:44, 20 November 2021‎ Olaf Simons talk contribs‎ 6,015 bytes +32‎ ‎Changed [fr] description: * 1685-06-30 Barnstaple, + 1732-12-04, English, auteur de poésie actif sur les îles britanniques, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1637442314925 Tag: QuickStatements [1.1]
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