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Thomas Nash (baptised 20 June 1593 – died 4 April 1647) was the first husband of William Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth Barnard. He lived most of his life in Stratford-upon-Avon, and was the dominant male figure amongst Shakespeare's senior family line after the death of Dr. John Hall, Shakespeare's son-in-law, in 1635.
- 20 June 1593
- 4 April 1647 (aged 53), Stratford-upon-Avon, England
- Stratford-upon-Avon, England
- Possibly an assistant to the High Sheriff of Warwickshire
Sep 26, 2017 · Thomas Nashe: A dominant literary voice in Elizabethan England. Elizabethan literature makes little sense without Thomas Nashe (1567-c.1600). We are used to thinking of Elizabethan (and Jacobean) literature with Shakespeare at the center, but evidence suggests that, although Shakespeare was considered an important writer in the last decade of ...
Being 32 years old at the time of the marriage, Nash was 14 years older than his 18-year-old bride. They had no children, and Elizabeth was the last direct descendant of Shakespeare. Death. Thomas Nash died in 1647, at the age of 53.
Thomas Nash died in 1647, at the age of 53. In the will that he made on 20 August 1642 he bequeathed memorial rings (a common practice at the time) to Thomas and Judith Quiney , Shakespeare's son-in-law and daughter.
Thomas Nashe 1567 – 1601. Thomas Nashe was a versatile Elizabethan writer who wrote plays, poems, pamphlets and prose – and was also known to write erotica for noblemen. He was about the closest any Elizabethan came to being a novelist and achieved fame with his story The Unfortunate Traveller, about the wild adventures of an adventurous ...
Thomas Nashe is one of the major figures in the story of late Elizabethan literature, who took English fiction in new directions with The Unfortunate Traveller.He helped to develop drama: it is thought he collaborated with Christopher Marlowe on Dido, Queen of Carthage, Ben Jonson on The Isle of Dogs (now lost) and Shakespeare on the Henry VI plays; he wrote shocking pornographic poetry; and ...
Died: c. 1601 (aged 33–34) Occupation: Playwright, poet, satirist: Nationality: English: Alma mater: St John's College, Cambridge: Period: c. 1589–1599: Notable works: Summer's Last Will and Testament (1592) Relatives
