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

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Edward Alleyn (1566 - 1626)

English actor and a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre. Founded the College of God's Gift in Dulwich. Father-in-law of the poet and preacher John Donne. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/398 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Alleyn Relevant locations: Founder or Creator of College of God's Gift, Dulwich
 References in Documents:
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 9 The Will of E. Allen, Esq; with the Ordinances, Rules, and Statues, for his College at Dulwich