1616-31

Updated: June 10, 2025

Dramatist and satirist, b. at Coventry, was ed. at Oxf. In later life he gave up writing for the stage, took orders, and was incumbent of Christchurch, Hants, 1616-31. He began his literary career in 1598 with satire, The Scourge of Villanie and The Metamorphosis of Pygmalion's Image , the latter of which was burned by order of Archbishop Whitgift.

John W. (John William) Cousin - A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature