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Emilia Lanier

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Gender Female
Born Bishopsgate
London
United Kingdom
DiedLondon
United Kingdom
1645
London
United Kingdom
NationalityEnglish
Spouse Alfonso Lanier
Parents Baptiste Bassano
Margret Johnson
Job Poet
Date of birth January 1,1569
Children Henry Lanyer
Odillya Lanyer
MovementEnglish Renaissance
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Emilia Lanier, née Aemilia Bassano, was an English poet and the first woman in England to assert herself as a professional poet, through her volume Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum. Attempts have been made to equate her with Shakespeare's "Dark Lady".

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