Richard Head

Head, Richard, author of the English Rogue, the Art of Wheedling, the Humours of Dublin, comedies, and other pieces, was an Irishman, who after studying at Oxford, became a bookseller in London, and was drowned in 1678, crossing to the Isle of Wight.

Sources

42. Biographical Dictionary: Rev. Hugh J. Rose. 12 vols. London, 1850.