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'G. Gascoigne', (c1535-1577), 1830. George Gascoigne (c1535-1577) English poet, soldier and courtier, educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and Middle Temple, disinherited by his father for debts. Considered an important poet of the early Elizabethan era and the first poet to deify Queen Elizabeth I. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]