John Skelton, also known as John Shelton (c. 1463 – 21 June 1529) was an English poet and tutor to King Henry VIII of England. Writing in a period of...
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John Skelton may refer to: John Skelton (poet) (c.1460–1529), English poet. John Skelton, MP for Cumberland, 1390–1458 John Skelton (died 1439), MP for...
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Anne Bourchier, Baroness Dacre (section John Skelton)
Dacre was commemorated as one of the ladies in John Skelton's poem, Garlande of Laurrell, when the Poet Laureate was a guest in the Howard residence of...
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Robin Skelton (12 October 1925 – 22 August 1997) was a British-Canadian academic, writer, poet, and anthologist. Born in Easington, Yorkshire, Skelton was...
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guide to "proper princely behaviour" written by John Skelton in August 1501. Skelton was a well-known poet and had been appointed as tutor to Henry VII's...
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organizer and lecturer Ike Skelton (1931–2013), American politician John Skelton (c.1460–1529), English poet John Skelton (American football) (born 1988)...
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Skelton (6 September 1885 – 29 September 1975) was an Australian and United Kingdom poet, novelist and playwright who wrote using the pseudonym John Presland...
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Laureate (section Poet laureate)
the epithet was given, even officially (e.g. to John Skelton) by universities, to distinguished poets. The name of "bacca-laureate" for a bachelor's degree...
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in France, among many other memorials and cemeteries. According to Tim Skelton, author of Lutyens and the Great War, "if there was one village above all...
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and events of the day. Butler was also influenced by satirists such as John Skelton and Paul Scarron's Virgile travesti; a satire on classical literature...
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amandi with theyr englysshe afore them. Approximate year – John Skelton is appointed poet laureate by Henry VIII of England. Hakob Meghapart – Parzatumar...
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Poetry: A Collection of Shorter Poems from Skelton to Jonson (Doubleday). The publication elicited a backlash from poet and literary critic Yvor Winters who...
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the literary events and publications of 1502. June – England's Poet Laureate John Skelton is believed to have been tried, in a case brought by the London...
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February 2 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian poet and author (born 1478) June 21 – John Skelton, English poet (born c. 1460) Unknown dates Richard Pynson...
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Edmund Spenser (category 16th-century English poets)
(/ˈspɛnsər/; born 1552 or 1553; died 13 January O.S. 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating...
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Williams (born 1978), American poet and fiction writer John Skelton Williams (1865–1926), American Comptroller of the Currency John Stewart Williams (1911–1964)...
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a group of poets, artists and writers in Manchester during the latter part of the 1950s. It had three founder members; Robin Skelton, poet and professor...
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Rummyng is a long raucous, misogynous and libellous poem by English poet John Skelton. The poem concerns a publican who was fined in Leatherhead in 1525...
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John Holloway (1 August 1920 – 29 August 1999) was an English poet, critic and academic. Born in Croydon, South London (but then part of Surrey) and educated...
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misattributed to Skelton. John Bon led to Shepherd's being jailed, but it was popular at court and earned the compliments of Sir John Gresham. John King describes...
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known of the cavalier poets are Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Thomas Carew, and Sir John Suckling. Most of the cavalier poets were courtiers, with...
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called Poet Laureate, being granted in 1389 an annual allowance of wine. W. Hamilton describes Chaucer, Gower, Kay, Andrew Bernard, John Skelton, Robert...
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representative and senator from Mississippi John Skelton Williams (1865–1926), US Comptroller of the Currency (1914–21) John Stuart Williams (1818–1898), US senator...
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generally accepted as the last of the end of incunables. unknown date – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred...
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Scop (category Anglo-Saxon poets)
Anglo-Saxon Oral Poet". Bulletin of the John Rylands University of Manchester, 1993. 75:11-36. Niles, John D. "The Myth of the Anglo-Saxon Poet." Western Folklore...
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1453 – Ermolao Barbaro, Italian scholar (died 1493) c. 1460 – John Skelton, English poet (died 1529) 1462: 8 September – Henry Medwall, English playwright...
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"Amplifying Memory: The Bibliotheca Historica of Diodorus Siculus", John Skelton and Poetic Authority, Oxford University Press, pp. 38–55, ISBN 978-0-19-927360-7...
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The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse (section Poets in The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, 1984 edition)
- Robert W. Service - Virna Sheard - Robin Skelton - A. J. M. Smith - David Solway - Raymond Souster - John Thompson - Peter Van Toorn - Miriam Waddington...
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Mexican-born historian (born 1731) May 4 – Philip Skelton, Irish clergyman and writer (born 1707) June 19 – John Brown, Scottish theologian (born 1722) October...
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Viking Age poet, warrior and farmer, protagonist of Egil's Saga John Skelton (1460–1529), English poet Sasha Skenderija (born 1968), Bosnian-US poet Ed Skoog...
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