John Stow
16th-century English historian and antiquarian · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Lived 1525 to 1605 · aged 80
John Stow was an English historian and antiquarian. He wrote a series of chronicles of English history, published from 1565 onwards under such titles as The Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles, The Chronicles of England, and The Annales of England; and also A Survey of London.
John Stow is read about 28 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Monument with effigy of John Stow, Church of St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, with arms of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors and Latin inscription:"Either do things worth writing or write things worth reading"
The church of St Andrew Undershaft, London, where Stow is buried
Stow's Survay of London, 1618 edition
An 18th-century engraving of Stow's monumentAbout this person
A. L. Rowse has described him as "one of the best historians of that age; indefatigable in the trouble he took, thorough and conscientious, accurate - above all things devoted to truth".
