Robert Burton
Robert Burton (1577–1640) was a British essayist, writer and university teacher.
Also recorded as Democritus Junior.
Overview
Also worked under the name Democritus junior.
Born at Leicestershire in 1577, died at Oxford in 1640.
In detail
Robert Burton studied at Brasenose College and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School. the recorded working language is English and Latin.
The field of work recorded is renaissance humanism and English-language literature.
Employment is recorded with University of Oxford.
Works named in the authority record are The Anatomy of Melancholy.
Work by Robert Burton is recorded in the collections of State Library Victoria and British Library.
Sources
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