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Burgoyne, John (1722-1792)

British general and dramatist. He served in the American Revolution and surrendered in 1777 to the colonists at Saratoga, New York State, in one of the pivotal battles of the war. He wrote comedies, among them The Maid of the Oaks (1775) and The Heiress (1786). He figures in George Bernard Shaw's play The Devil's Disciple (1896).



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