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- Brathwaite also spelled:
- Brathwait or Brathwayte
- Born:
- 1588, Kendal, Westmorland, Eng.
- Died:
- May 4, 1673, Catterick, Yorkshire (aged 85)
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Richard Brathwaite
English poet and writer
Also known as: Corymbaeus, Richard Brathwait, Richard Brathwayte(Show More)
Richard Brathwaite (born 1588, Kendal, Westmorland, Eng.—died May 4, 1673, Catterick, Yorkshire) was an English poet and writer best known for his conduct books.
After education at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Brathwaite went to London to practice law but instead wrote plays and pastoral poetry of little merit. He later retired to Westmorland as a country gentleman, writing The English Gentleman (1630) and The English Gentlewoman (1631), books on social conduct that are of interest to the social historian. He also wrote the lively Barnabee’s Journal (originally written in Latin rhymed verse under the pseudonym Corymbaeus; Eng. trans. 1638), containing amusing topographical information and unflagging gaiety.
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