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Henry Constable

English poet · Writers · Lived 1562 to 1613 · aged 51

Henry Constable was an English poet, known particularly for Diana, one of the first English sonnet sequences. In 1591 he converted to Catholicism, and lived in exile on the continent for some years. He returned to England at the accession of King James, but was soon a prisoner in the Tower and in the Fleet.

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He died an exile at Liège in 1613.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1562 to 1613 · aged 51