Editing Royall Tyler (section)

{{Short description|American judge}}
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|name          = Royall Tyler
|image         = Royall Tyler - Dichter und Richter.jpg
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|birth_date    = June 18, 1757
|birth_place   = [[Boston]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]]
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1826|8|26|1757|6|18}}
|death_place   = [[Brattleboro, Vermont]], United States
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|resting_place = Brattleboro's Prospect Hill Cemetery
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|education     = [[Roxbury Latin School]]<br>[[Harvard University]]
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* Jurist
* militiaman
* playwright
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'''Royall Tyler''' (June 18, 1757&nbsp;– August 26, 1826) was an American [[jurist]], teacher and [[playwright]]. He was born in Boston, graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1776, and then served in the [[Massachusetts Army National Guard|Massachusetts militia]] during the [[American Revolution]].  He was admitted to the bar in 1780, became a lawyer, and fathered eleven children.  In 1801, he was appointed a [[Judge|Justice]] of the [[Vermont Supreme Court]].  He wrote a play, [[The Contrast (play)|''The Contrast'']], which was produced in 1787 in [[New York City]], shortly after [[George Washington]]'s inauguration.  It is considered the first American comedy.  Washington attended the production, which was well-received, and Tyler became a literary celebrity.