Congreve

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"That's cool, as an engineering feat," says Dr Congreve, who was not involved in the work himself.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

The quote about Alexander the Great that they use in Die Hard is actually bastardised from dramatist William Congreve.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2017

She excelled at comedy and tragedy, acting in plays by Congreve, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Noël Coward and contemporary English playwrights such as Peter Shaffer.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2015

Also on hand is a model of a British Congreve rocket used in the assault.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2012

The works of Dryden, Waller, Prior, Congreve, Wycherley, Vanbrugh, Rochester and Addison were all devoured, and he took an especial interest in Butler’s witty Hudibras.

From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by Foote, G. W. (George William)