Sir Thomas North: Quick Facts

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Born	May 28, 1535 • London • England
Died	1601?

William Caxton

English printer, translator, and publisher

Anthony Munday

English poet, dramatist, pamphleteer, and translator

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners

English statesman and author

Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke

English translator

John Florio

English lexicographer

Josuah Sylvester

English writer

John Langhorne

English poet

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Elisabeth Marbury

American theatrical and literary agent

Mary Louise Booth

American journalist

Harriet Martineau

British author

Nina Berberova

Russian-American writer

Ferdinand Freiligrath

German poet

Jacques Amyot

French scholar

Isabel Florence Hapgood

American translator

Allan Bloom

American philosopher and author

Richard Howard

American author

Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye

Ethiopian author

Gregorio Martínez Sierra

Spanish dramatist

Sir Thomas Urquhart

Scottish writer