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Facts

Born June 19, 1608 • England
Died August 16, 1661 (aged 53) • London • England
Notable Works “Andronicus, or the Unfortunate Politician” • “History of the Worthies of England” • “The Church-History of Britain” • “The Holy State, the Profane State”

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Thomas Fuller, lithograph by C. Kell, 1874, after a portrait by an unknown artist, 1648
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