Thomas Overbury
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English poet and essayist (1581–1613)
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It sits within the topics 1581 births, 1613 deaths and 16th-century English male writers.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1684
- Works
- 8
Top works
- The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt
- The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of Sir Thomas Overbury, Knt. with Memoirs of His Life. the Tenth Edition
- The Wife, a Poem. Express'd in a Compleat Wife. with an Elegy on the Untimely Death of the Author, Poyson'd in the Tower, &c. by Sir Thomas Overbury. the Seventeenth Edition
- Ratiocinium vernaculum, or, A reply to Ataxiae obstaculum
- A true and perfect account of the examination, confession, tryal, condemnation and execution of Joan Perry, and her two sons, John & Richard Perry, and for the murder of William Harrison, Gent
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Warwickshire
- Place of death
- Tower of London
- Occupation
- traveler
- Educated at
- The Queen's College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- travel
- Image
- Tho overbury.jpg
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- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Overbury
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Thomas Overbury
- date of death
- 1613-09-14
- place of detention
- Tower of London
- manner of death
- homicide
- date of birth
- 1581-06-18
- place of burial
- Tower of London
- writing language
- English language
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- P12749
- Véry
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Categories
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