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Gidens, John

My Days on Earth are Short,/ And Little Els but Pain/ who Would Desire to Live,/ ... to Die is Gain.
Church: Chichester Cathedral (in Chichester, West Sussex).
Relation: Child, Sibling.
Sex: Male.
Exemplar: Reminder of death*.
Afterlife: Known.
Literature: Poetry*.
Language: Only English.
Year of death: 1733.
Age at death: 16 (classed as: Youth).

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