1692 in Literature - Deaths

Deaths

  • February - Sir George Etherege, dramatist (born c. 1635)
  • May
    • Nathaniel Lee, dramatist (born c. 1653)
    • Elias Ashmole, antiquarian (born 617)
  • May 25 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, novelist (born 1634)
  • November 19 - Thomas Shadwell, dramatist (born c.1642)
  • November 6 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, biographer (born 1619)
  • December 10 - William Mountfort, dramatist and actor (born c.1664)

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