| Royall Tyler  AKA William Clark Tyler
Born: 18-Jul-1757
Birthplace: Boston, MA
Died: 26-Aug-1826
Location of death: Brattleboro, VT
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Playwright, Novelist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Contrast Military service: Continental Army (Revolutionary War, Shay's Rebellion) Admitted to the bar, 1780. Tyler is the author of The Contrast, the first comedy written and produced by a native-born American. High School: Boston Latin School
University: Harvard University (1776)
Professor: Jurisprudence, University of Vermont (1811-14)
Vermont State Supreme Court (1807-13)
Author of books:
The Algerine Captive (1797, novel)
The Spirit of the Farmers' Museum (1801, satires, with Joseph Dennie)
Yankey in London (1809, letters, fictitious)
Wrote plays:
The Contrast (1787)
The Georgia Spec; or, Land in the Moon (1797, lost)
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