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Beaumont, Sir John 1582-1627
English poet

He is best known for his work Bosworth Field, in which the heroic couplet makes its first appearance in English poetry. He was the elder brother of Francis Beaumont.

Bibliography: A Chalmers, in The Works of Early English Poets (1910)