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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69878" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69878" /> == | ||
<p> An English clergyman, born in Leicestershire; [[Scholar]] of | <p> An English clergyman, born in Leicestershire; [[Scholar]] of Christ Church, Oxford; lived chiefly in Oxford, spending his time in it for some 50 years in study; author of "The [[Anatomy]] of Melancholy," which he wrote to alleviate his own depression of mind, a book which is a perfect mosaic of quotations on every conceivable topic, familiar and unfamiliar, from every manner of source (1576-1640). See [[Anatomy Of Melancholy]] . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_28956" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_28956" /> == | ||
<p> was born at Lindley, Feb. 8, 1576, studied at Oxford, and died Jan. 25, 1639; he was student of | <p> was born at Lindley, Feb. 8, 1576, studied at Oxford, and died Jan. 25, 1639; he was student of Christ Church, vicar of St. Thomas, in Oxford, and rector of Seagrave, in Leicestershire. He is only known as the author of the celebrated Anatomy of Melancholy, first published in 1621, 4to, of which many editions have been printed, and which still holds a foremost place in literature. Sterne often borrows from it without acknowledgment. </p> | ||
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
An English clergyman, born in Leicestershire; Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford; lived chiefly in Oxford, spending his time in it for some 50 years in study; author of "The Anatomy of Melancholy," which he wrote to alleviate his own depression of mind, a book which is a perfect mosaic of quotations on every conceivable topic, familiar and unfamiliar, from every manner of source (1576-1640). See Anatomy Of Melancholy .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
was born at Lindley, Feb. 8, 1576, studied at Oxford, and died Jan. 25, 1639; he was student of Christ Church, vicar of St. Thomas, in Oxford, and rector of Seagrave, in Leicestershire. He is only known as the author of the celebrated Anatomy of Melancholy, first published in 1621, 4to, of which many editions have been printed, and which still holds a foremost place in literature. Sterne often borrows from it without acknowledgment.
