The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637)

Famous poet and playwright. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, and his monument is cited as a curiosity in British Curiosities, 35. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15116?docPos=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jonson Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source)
 Relationships: Ben Jonson was a worked with Inigo Jones (15 Jul 1573-21 Jun 1652)

John Achmouty (-) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Ben Jonson
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - British curiosities in nature and art exhibiting an account of natural and artificial rareties, both ancient and modern, ... And an appendix, concerning the posts, markets, and their fairs.
 References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 162 Benj:s Johnson. Ben Jonson.
British Curiosities in Nature and Art (1713)

Westminster Abby] Monuments at the Abby hath many things in it curious and observable. As 1. The fine Glass-Painting. 2. The curious new Marble Altar-Piece. 3. The neatness of the Choir. 4. The curious Monuments fixed to the Walls and Pillars, round the Isles; as of Sir Cloudsly Shovell, (the Famous Admiral,) Mr. Stepny, a Foreign Embassador, &c. in the S. Isle. Of Divines, Antiquaries, Poets, &c. As Dr. Barrow, Dr. Oughtram, Dr. Busby, Dr. Horneck; Mr. Camden, Chaucer, Spencer, Drayton, Cowley, Shadwell, about the S. Stem of the Cross Isle. And not far from the W. end of the Church, and near the N. side is the Inscription, O Rare Ben Johnson, in Memory of that Poet.