Sir William Cornwallis
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Sir William Cornwallis (ca. 1579 – 1614) was an early English essayist.
His Essayes (pub. 1616) are written, unusually for the time, in the tradition of Montaigne, rather than that of Francis Bacon
. He also wrote Essayes of Certaine Paradoxes (1617) containing the "Encomium on Richard III
," and Discourses upon Seneca the Tragedian (1601), the first book in English on the drama of Seneca the Younger
.
His Essayes (pub. 1616) are written, unusually for the time, in the tradition of Montaigne, rather than that of Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England...
. He also wrote Essayes of Certaine Paradoxes (1617) containing the "Encomium on Richard III
Richard III of England
Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 during the Battle of Bosworth Field. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty...
," and Discourses upon Seneca the Tragedian (1601), the first book in English on the drama of Seneca the Younger
Seneca the Younger
Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...
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