Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
ben jonson
(Other definitions for ben jonson that I've seen before include "'O rare ---' (playwright's epitaph)" , "Alchemist playwright" , "Jacobean poet and dramatist" .)
I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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