Word: gowen
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Besides the special interest for Harvard men which attaches to the ancient edifice as the church in which John Harvard was baptized, it is further noted as the burial place of John Gowen, the poet and friend of Chaucer, the dramatists Massinger and Fietcher, Edmund Shakspeare, the brother of William, and Lawrence Fletcher, who was joint lessee with with Shakspeare and Burbrige of the Globe and Blackfriars theatres. An excellent view of the interior of the church forms the frontispiece of the Graduates' Magazine for September...