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Abiezer Coppe was born in 1619 to an artisan working in Warwick. At the age of thirteen Coppe began to show signs of religious zealotry “much abasement before God,” “most secret” fasting, and keeping a daily register of his sins. … Continued

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) was born in London, and was the seventh son of Thomas and Thomasine Cowley. Because his father died soon before Cowley’s birth, his mother, Thomasine, largely influenced Cowley’s education and career. In fact, her copy of Spenser’s … Continued

Aemilia Lanyer (alternatively, Emilia Lanier) was baptized as Emilia Bassano in Bishopsgate, London on January 27, 1569.  Her parents, Baptista Bassano and Margaret Johnson, were Italian (and possibly Jewish) by heritage and court musicians by family trade.[1]  After her father … Continued

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Written by Walter Charleton and published in 1663, Chorea Gigantum, or, The Most Famous Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly Called Stone-heng…Returned to the Danes, is a treatise on the origin of Stonehenge. In the midst of a period that could … Continued

Didascalocophus or the Deaf and Dumb man’s tutor was written by George Dalgarno and published in 1680. It was intended as a language for the deaf and the mute that they could learn in order to better communicate with those … Continued

Francis Bacon  was born in Strand, London as the second of two sons to Sir Nicholas Bacon and his second wife, Anne. He spent most of his early life with his older brother near St. Albans in a location his … Continued

In August 1619, Francis Lodowyck was born in London to Waldrave Lodowyck and Judith Roussel, prominent members of the London Dutch church. Self-educated, Francis became a wealthy merchant like his father, trading in books and cloth on the Continent, but … Continued

George Dalgarno (1616-1687) was known as a writer of language. He was born in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. No primary documents have survived concerning his family background. There is no record of him graduating but there are records of him attending … Continued