Democritus Junior

American  

noun

1. pen name of Robert Burton.

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Example Sentences

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 Cousin, John W. (John William)

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 Lamb, Charles

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

The epitaph that he had written for himself was carved beneath the bust: Paucis notus, paucioribus ignotus, hic jacet Democritus Junior, cui vitam dedit et mortem Melancholia.

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 Saintsbury, George