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Born February 8, 1577 • England
Died January 25, 1640 (aged 62) • Oxford • England
Notable Works “Philosophaster” • “The Anatomy of Melancholy”
Movement / Style Jacobean age

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Frontispiece of an early edition of Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy.
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