Surname: Congreve Forename(s): William b. January 1670. d. 19 January 1729. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Major Restoration playwright, poet, satirist, and Whig politician. Educated at Trinity
College Dublin and the Middle Temple, London. Never married. Works include The Old Bachelor (1693) and Love for Love (1695). Biographical information: ODNB. (AHC)