Camb.
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—Reformer and divine, s. of a Leicestershire yeoman, went to Camb. in 1500, and became Fellow of Clare Hall.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
—Poet, s. of a ropemaker, was b. at Saffron Walden, ed. at Camb., and became the friend of Spenser, being the Hobbinol of The Shepheard's Calendar.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
Camb.; at the end of this MS. the scribe is represented with a metal pen in his hand.
From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Merryweather, Frederick Somner
Camb., read a paper on Balaustion’s Adventure, which he described as “a beautiful misrepresentation of the original.”
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
Camb., where he took his degree in 1616, and was public orator 1619-27.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
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