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Born April 21, 1393 • Lynn • England
Died August 12, 1464 (aged 71) • England
Notable Works “Solace of Pilgrims”
Subjects Of Study England • history of United Kingdom
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
William Camden, oil painting by or after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Camden
British historian
Florence Of Worcester
British historian
Roger Of Hoveden
English historian
Holinshed, Raphael: Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande
Raphael Holinshed
English chronicler
William Of Newburgh
English historian
Henry Knighton
British historian
John Stow
English author
Peter Langtoft
English historian
Robert Of Gloucester
English historian
Thomas Hearne
British historian
Thomas Walsingham
English monk
Ralph Of Coggeshall
English historian
Gervase Of Canterbury
English historian
Edward Hall
English historian
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton
British historian
Simeon Of Durham
English historian
Robert De Torigni
French historian
Wace
Anglo-Norman author
Jean Le Bel
French historian