OVERBURY, Sir Thomas — (1581 1613) Thomas Overbury was the murder victim in a plot that scandalized the English royal court and a writer from the same circles as Ben Jonson* and John Webster.* Overbury s poem The Wife enjoyed great popularity in Stuart England. Born… … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
Overbury, Sir Thomas — ▪ English author baptized June 18, 1581, Compton Scorpion, Warwickshire, England died September 15, 1613, London English poet and essayist, victim of an infamous intrigue at the court of James I. His poem A Wife, thought by some to have played a … Universalium
Overbury, Sir Thomas — (1581 1613) Poet and miscellaneous writer, ed. at Oxf., became the friend of Carr, afterwards Earl of Rochester and Somerset, and fell a victim to a Court intrigue connected with the proposed marriage of Rochester and Lady Essex, being… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Baronet — (1565 ndash;29 May 1641) was an English politician and supporter of King James I. He served as a Member of Parliament for Lincolnshire (1597 ndash;1598), Castle Rising (1604 ndash;1611), and finally Cricklade in 1614. He was created a hereditary… … Wikipedia
Thomas Overbury — Sir Thomas Overbury (1581 ndash; 15 September 1613), English poet and essayist, and the victim of one of the most sensational crimes in English history, was the son of Nicholas Overbury, of Bourton on the Hill, and was born at Compton Scorpion,… … Wikipedia
Thomas Dekker (writer) — Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 ndash; August 25 1632) was an Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period s most famous dramatists. He… … Wikipedia
Thomas Campion — Thomas Campion, (sometimes Campian) (12 February 1567 ndash; 1 March 1620) was an English composer, poet and physician. BiographyCampion was born in London and studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge, but left without taking a degree. He later entered… … Wikipedia
Thomas Rudd — (1583?–1656) was an English military engineer and mathematician. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 Family 4 Quotations 5 Re … Wikipedia
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk — Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG, PC (24 August 1561 – 28 May 1626) was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of… … Wikipedia
Thomas Howard (1er comte de Suffolk) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Thomas Howard. Thomas Howard … Wikipédia en Français
