Andrew of Wyntoun
Andrew Wyntoun, known as Andrew of Wyntoun (c. 1350), was a Scottish poet, a canon and prior of Loch Leven on St Serf's Inch and, later, a canon of St. Andrew Wyntoun is most famous for his completion of an eight-syllabled metre entitled, Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland, which contains an early mention of Robin Hood; it is also cited by the Oxford English Dictionary as the earliest work in English to use the word "Catholic": [spelling modernised] "He was a constant Catholic;/All Lollard he hated and heretic." Wyntoun wrote the 'Chronicle' at the request of his patron, Sir John of Wemyss, whose representative, Mr.
Andrew of Wyntoun
- Born
- 1350
- Died
- 1423
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Occupation
- presbyter · poet · historian · writer · chronicler · canon · prior
- Fields
- literature · poetry · history
- Languages
- English · Scots
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Andrew Wyntoun, known as Andrew of Wyntoun (c. 1350), was a Scottish poet, a canon and prior of Loch Leven on St Serf's Inch and, later, a canon of St. Andrew Wyntoun is most famous for his completion of an eight-syllabled metre entitled, Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland, which contains an early mention of Robin Hood; it is also cited by the Oxford English Dictionary as the earliest work in English to use the word "Catholic": [spelling modernised] "He was a constant Catholic;/All Lollard he hated and heretic." Wyntoun wrote the 'Chronicle' at the request of his patron, Sir John of Wemyss, whose representative, Mr.
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Andrew of Wyntoun was born in 1350.
The recorded working language is English and Scots. The field of work recorded is literature, poetry and history.
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1350
Andrew of Wyntoun born.
1423
Andrew of Wyntoun died.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2538072: Andrew of Wyntoun
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- “Andrew of Wyntoun”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wyntoun, Andrew (c. 1350–c. 1422), prior of St Serf's, Lochleven, and historian, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 100710948, Andrew, of Wyntoun.
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Wyntoun, Andrew (c. 1350–c. 1422), prior of St Serf's, Lochleven, and historian, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004Crossref registry
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