Richard Harvey (* 1560; † 1630) was a younger brother of Gabriel Harvey. He also studied at Cambridge and was a follower of the teachings of Pierre de la Ramée. In 1583, he caused a stir with An Astrological Discourse, because he predicted apocalyptic weather phenomena for 8 May of…
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Robert Poley was born in the mid-50s of the 16th century. He first came to attention when he entered Clare College, Cambridge in 1568. So he was a fellow student of Richard Baines. Unlike him, Poley was a so-called "sizar". This was a scholarship holder who did servant work at…
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
Thomas Dermody (* 15 January 1775; † 1802) drew attention to his poetic skills at the age of nine. When he was still a child, he went to Dublin, where he lived off numerous patrons who kept dismissing him. The poet spent most of his time in debt, living on…
Thomas Harriot (* 1560; † 12 July 1621) entered the service of Walter Raleigh after studying at Oxford and became a pioneer in the fields of navigation, mathematics and astronomy, though he published only a fraction of his writings during his lifetime, which is why many of his achievements were…
Christopher Marlowe was obviously quicker and harderworking than I am. Unfortunately, this post is still a work in progress.
