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Ben Jonson was born in London, England, June 11th, 1572. Jonson had quite the interesting upbringing. He was raised in a poor family. His mother, a widow, struggled to provide until she would later marry.
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His father was a minister, who died before he was born. His mother would go on to marry a brick layer. Jonson was raised in Westminster, England. He would attend the Westminster school where he studied under famous scholar William Camden.
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Jonson would go on to work as a bricklayer, serve in the military and eventually work as an actor and playwriter at a theatre company.
Jonson would marry Anne Lewis; they had two children. Not much is known about their marriage.
Jonson did, however, outlive all of his children.
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He became an actor and wrote many plays and comedies. In the year 1598, Jonson wrote what is widely considered to be his first great play, Every Man in His Humor. In a reproduction, during the year 1616, the great William Shakespear played a lead role in