DAVIES, Sir John — (1569 1626) John Davies was an English poet, jurist, and civil servant whose contribution to literature was secondary to his influence on English law and Anglo Irish relations and policies in the crucial years following the death of Elizabeth I.* … Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
Davies, Sir John — ▪ British poet born April 1569, Tisbury, Wiltshire, Eng. died Dec. 8, 1626 English poet and lawyer whose Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing reveals a typically Elizabethan pleasure in the contemplation of the correspondence between the natural … Universalium
Davies, Sir John — (1569 1626) Born at Tisbury, Wiltshire, educated at Winchester College and the Queen s College Oxford (or possibly New College, Oxford), he graduated in 1590 and was called to the bar in 1595. He was disbarred in 1598 for hitting Richard… … British and Irish poets
DAVIES, SIR JOHN — poet and statesman, born in Wiltshire; wrote two philosophic poems, The Orchestra, a poem in which the world is exhibited as a dance, and Nosce Teipsum (Know Thyself), a poem on human learning and the immortality of the soul; became a… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet — Infobox Person name = Sir John Brunner image size = 200px caption = John Brunner in 1885 birth date = February 8 1842 birth place = Everton, Liverpool, England death date = July 1 1919 death place = Chertsey, Surrey, England education = St.… … Wikipedia
Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell — born Sept. 8, 1934, Manchester, Eng. British composer. He studied in England, Italy, and the U.S. He cofounded the contemporary ensemble The Fires of London and was its musical director (1970–87); he wrote many of his works for the group. Since… … Universalium
Davies — Family name Region of origin England/Wales Related names Davis, Davey Footnotes: [1] Davies is a spelling variation of the patronym … Wikipedia
John Davies (poet) — Sir John Davies (April 16, 1569 ndash; December 8, 1626) was an English poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire.Early lifeDavies was born in Wiltshire … Wikipedia
John Barrow — Sir John Barrow, um 1810 Sir John Barrow Bt. (* 19. Juni 1764 in Dragley Beck, Ulverston, Cumbria; † 23. November 1848 in London) war ein britischer Staatsbeamter und Geschichtsschreiber. Als zweiter Sekretär der Admiralität organisierte er… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Davies Gilbert — Born 6 March 1767(1767 03 06) Penzance, Cornwall, England … Wikipedia
