Thomas Stanley

Thomas Stanley (born 1625, Cumberlow, Hertfordshire, Eng.—died April 12, 1678, London) was an English poet, translator, and the first English historian of philosophy. Stanley was the son of Sir Thomas Stanley, himself the grandson of Thomas Stanley, a natural son of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby. The younger Stanley was educated by William Fairfax, son of the translator of Torquato Tasso. He became a good classical scholar and an enthusiastic student of French, Italian,...