Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester. The owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, he wrote several prominent plays such as The Rivals (1775), The Duenna (1775), The School for Scandal (1777) and A Trip to Scarborough (1777), along with serving as Treasurer of the Navy from 1806 to 1807. After dying in 1816, Sheridan was buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, and his plays remain a central part of the Western canon and are regularly performed around the world.
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan oli irlantilainen näytelmäkirjailija ja runoilija sekä lontoolaisen Drury Lane -teatterin pitkäaikainen omistaja. Hänet tunnetaan muun muassa näytelmistään The Rivals, The School for Scandal ja A Trip to Scarborough. Richard Sheridan teki myös poliittisen uran. Hän oli liberaaliryhmittymä Whigien edustajana 32 vuotta.
Richard Cantillon, né à Ballyheigue (Irlande) vers 1680 et mort à Londres le 14 mai 1734, est un financier et économiste irlandais et français qui a fait fortune en France grâce au système de John Law. Auteur influent de la physiocratie, il passe la plus grande partie de sa vie à Paris, où il exerça la profession de banquier. Il a laissé une œuvre théorique, Essai sur la nature du commerce en général, qui le place au rang des grands précurseurs de l'économie politique classique avec l'abbé de Condillac et William Petty. Il est l'un des auteurs les plus significatifs qui marquent la transition du mercantilisme vers l'économie classique.
Bishop Richard Corbet was an English clergyman who rose to be a bishop in the Church of England. He is also remembered as a humorist and as a poet, although his work was not published until after his death.
Richard Crashaw was an English poet, teacher, High Church Anglican cleric and Roman Catholic convert, who was one of the major metaphysical poets in 17th-century English literature.
Richard Cumberland was an English dramatist and civil servant. In 1771 his hit play The West Indian was first staged. During the American War of Independence he acted as a secret negotiator with Spain in an effort to secure a peace agreement between the two nations. He also edited a short-lived critical journal called The London Review (1809). His plays are often remembered for their sympathetic depiction of characters generally considered to be on the margins of society.
