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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_69878" /> ==
 
<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>
Robert Burton <ref name="term_28960" />
       
<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>
== 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 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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<ref name="term_28960"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/burton,+robert+(2) Robert Burton from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_69878"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/burton,+robert Robert Burton from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_28956"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/burton,+robert Robert Burton from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
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Robert Burton [1]

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.

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