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| | Sackville, Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Sackville, Thomas, 1st earl of Dorset 1536-1608, English statesman and poet. |
 | | A barrister of the Inner Temple, Sackville entered Parliament in 1558, gained favor with Elizabeth I, and was created Baron Buckhurst in 1567. |
 | | Sackville is important in English literature as the author, with Thomas Norton and others, of Gorboduc (first acted 1561), a drama in blank verse, generally considered the earliest English tragedy. |
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