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John Davies (born c. 1565, Hereford, Herefordshire, England—died July 1618, London) was an English poet and writing master whose chief work was Microcosmos (1603), a didactic religious treatise. Davies settled in Oxford and became known as the best penman of his day. As well as other religious verse treatises, he wrote Wittes Pilgrimage ...
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John Davies. 1569–1626. William Roos, National Library of Wales, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Poet and lawyer Sir John Davies was born in Wiltshire and educated at Winchester College and Queen’s College, Oxford, though historians disagree about whether he graduated. In 1588, he enrolled in the Middle Temple, where he studied with ...
The Englishman John Davies distinguished himself as a poet and as a statesman. His famous work Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing reveals a typically Elizabethan pleasure in the contemplation of the correspondence between the natural order and human activity. Davies was born in April 1569 in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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Mar 28, 2024 · Sir John Davies (born April 1569, Tisbury, Wiltshire, Eng.—died Dec. 8, 1626) was an English poet and lawyer whose Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing reveals a typically Elizabethan pleasure in the contemplation of the correspondence between the natural order and human activity.
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Poet and lawyer Sir John Davies was born in Wiltshire and educated at Winchester College and Queen’s College, Oxford, though historians disagree about whether he graduated. In 1588, he enrolled in the Middle Temple, where he studied with John Donne, and was called to the...
All about English writer, poet and literary funster John Davies, profile, activities, pictures, videos, books for sale, testimonials, links, contact. Near the sea’s horizon, rose-gold pools oscillate below stanchions of revelatory light.
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