Wikipedia, viewed September 16, 2015 (David Garrick (19 February 1717--20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson. Garrick was born at the Angel Inn, Widemarsh Street, Hereford in 1717. He died less than three years after his retirement, at his house in Adelphi Buildings, London, and was interred in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Garrick