Democritus Junior

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noun

1. pen name of Robert Burton.

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Democritus Junior

I, Democritus Junior, have put my finishing pen to a tractate De Melancholia, this day, December 5, 1620.

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb

Robert Burton, otherwise Democritus Junior, the author of that glorious book The Anatomy of Melancholy, is stated by Wood to have been born at Lindley, in Leicestershire.

From Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

The Anatomy of Melancholy, in which he appears under the name of Democritus Junior, was pub. in 1621, and had great popularity.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. (John William) Cousin

Not the least interesting part of the Anatomy is the long preface, "Democritus to the Reader," in which Burton sets out his reasons for writing the treatise and for assuming the name of Democritus Junior.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Ferriar in his Illustrations of Sterne pointed out the enormous indebtedness of Tristram Shandy to Democritus Junior.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury