John Bodenham
English writer
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| Intro | English writer | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | |
| was | Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 1559 | |
| Death | 1 January 1610 (aged 51 years) |
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Biography
John Bodenham (c. 1559 – 1610), anthologist, was the patron of some of the Elizabethan poetry anthologies.
Life
He was the son of William Bodnam and Katherine Wanton. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School.
Mr. Bullen says that Bodenham did not himself edit any of the Elizabethan miscellanies attributed to him by bibliographers: but that he projected their publication, and he befriended the editors.
Works
- Politeuphuia (Wits' Commonwealth) (1597),
- Wits' Theater (1598),
- Belvidere, or the Garden of the Muses (1600),
- England's Helicon (1600).