Henry Birkhead
Henry Birkhead (1617?–1696) was an English academic, lawyer and Latin poet. He is now known as the founder of the
Life
Birkhead was born in the parish of St. Gregory, near
In 1638, by the influence of Archbishop William Laud, he was elected fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, being by then bachelor of arts. After taking his master's degree (5 June 1641), he devoted himself to the study of law. In May 1643 he submitted to the authority of the visitors appointed by parliament. In 1653 he was allowed by the delegates of the university to propose a dispensation in convocation for taking the degree of doctor of physic by accumulation, provided that he should perform the necessary exercises; but it is uncertain whether he took the degree.
He resigned his fellowship in 1657, and at the
Works
In 1645 he issued at Oxford 'Poemata,' printed for private circulation. In 1656 appeared 'Poematia in Elegiaca, Iambica, Polymetra Antitechnemata et Metaphrases membratim quadripertita,' Oxonii, 8vo. He joined with
Notes
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75843. Retrieved 19 November 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ 'Otium Literatum sive Miscellanea quaedam Poemata ab H. Birchead et H. Stubbe edita'
- ^ 'Verses on the death of the right valiant Sir Bevill Grenvill, knight. Who was slaine by the rebells, on Lansdowne-hill neare Bath, July 5, 1643,'
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Birkhead, Henry". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Further reading
- Joan H. Pittock (1999), Henry Birkhead, Founder of the Oxford Chair of Poetry: Poetry and the Redemption of History
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