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an English theologian and alchemist. In 1571 he published The Shippe of assured Safetie, wherein we may sayle without Danger towards the Land of the Living, promised to the true Israelites, 2nd edition 1572. Some Latin sapphics by Cradock are prefixed to Robert Peterson's translation of Giovanni della Casa's Il Galateo, 1576. He was a friend of John Dee who recorded a three-day visit to him in Oxford in 1581.
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Edward Cradock unknown 1570
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John Knox 1513 ca 1546 1572 1572, Nov 24 a Scottish clergyman, theologian, and writer who was a leader of the Protestant Reformation and i... Isabella Whitney 1547 ca 1567 1573 unknown the earliest identified woman to have published secular poetry in the English language. She has b... Donald Monro unknown 1526 1574 unknown a Scottish clergyman, who wrote an early and historically valuable description of the Hebrides an... Jean Bullant 1515 1537 1574 1578, Oct 13 a French architect and sculptor who built the tombs of Anne de Montmorency, Grand Connétable of ... Paulus Juusten 1516/20 1563 1575 1575, Aug 22 the first bishop of Viipuri, and later, bishop of Turku for the Lutheran Finish Church from 1563 ... John Awdely unknown 1559 1577 unknown an English printer in London, known as a writer of popular and miscellaneous works. Many of his p... George Buchanan 1506, Feb 1529 1582 1582, Sep 28 a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the... Jan Kochanowski 1530 1559 1584 1584, Aug 22 a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polis... Sir Philip Sidney 1554, Nov 30 1572 1586 1586, Oct 17 an English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent f... John Bellenden unknown 1533 1587 unknown a Scottish writer of the 16th century. At the request of James V he translated Hector Boece's His... Mary Stuart 1542, Dec 8 1558 1587 1587, Feb 8 reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567. As Mary was an infant when she inher... Francois Hotman 1524, Aug 23 1542 1589 1590, Feb 12 a French Protestant lawyer and writer, associated with the legal humanists and with the monarchom... Thomas Brasbridge 1547 1570 1589 1593 an English divine and author. At Oxford he studied both divinity and medicine, and remained to te... Jaques De Lavardin unknown 1570 1589 unknown a lord in Plessis-Bourrot, squire and noble of the king of France, known for the translation of t... Morus Dwyfech unknown 1520 1590 unknown a Welsh-language poet. There is very little information available concerning the details of his l... William Webbe unknown 1568 1591 unknown an English critic and translator. Little is known about him except that he attended Trinity Colle... Michel de Montaigne 1533, Feb 28 1546 1592 1592, Sep 13 one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the es... Christopher Carleill 1551 ca 1573 1593 1593 an English military and naval commander. In 1588, he was appointed constable of Carrickfergus, Co... Edmund Spenser 1552/53 1578 1596 1599, Jan 13 an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene , an epic poem and fantastical allegory ce... Giordano Bruno 1548, Jan 1 1572 1600 1600, Feb 17 an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist. He is re... Queen Elizabeth I 1533, Sep 7 1558 1603 1603, Mar 24 Queen of England and Ireland (and Supreme Governor of the Church of England ) from 17 November 15... Edward Hake unknown 1570 1604 unknown an English satirist, educated under John Hopkins, known for being the part-author of the metrica... John Dee 1527, Jul 13 1546 1605 1609 ca an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occult philosopher, imperialist, and adviser to... Sir Geoffrey Fenton 1539 ca 1567 1608 1608, Oct 19 an English writer, Privy Councillor, and Principal Secretary of State in Ireland. Geoffrey is sai... Nicholas Faunt unknown 1572 1608 unknown an English clerk of the signet, agent of the Crown, and politician. Early in 1581 he spent three ... Al-Masfiwi unknown 1570 1609 unknown a poet in the time of Ahmad al-Mansur. The surviving poetry of al-Masfiwi can be found in Manahil... William Phiston unknown 1571 1609 unknown an English translator and author. He describes himself as "a student of London", and had some lea... Thomas Bell 1551 1573 1610 unknown an English Roman Catholic priest, and later an anti-Catholic writer. He was mentioned in 1592 as ... Vincenzo Scamozzi 1548, Sep 2 1568 1614 1616, Aug 7 an Italian architect and a writer on architecture, active mainly in Vicenza and Republic of Venic... Mary Sidney 1561, Oct 27 1575 1615 1621, Sep 25 one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her poetry and literary patronag... Miguel de Cervantes 1547, Sep 29 1569 1616 1616, Apr 22 a Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of... Franz Schmidt 1555 1573 1617 1634 an executioner in Hof from 1573 to April 1578, and from 1 May 1578 till the end of 1617 execution... Sir Walter Raleigh 1554 ca 1569 1618 1618, Oct 29 an English landed gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He i... George Silver unknown 1550 1629 unknown a gentleman of England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, who is known for his writin... Anthony Jenkinson 1529 1550 166 1610/1611 one of the first Britons to explore Muscovy and present day Russia. Jenkinson was a traveller and...
