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Philemon Holland

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English schoolmaster, physician, and Classics translator

DoctorsLived 1552 to 1637 · aged 85
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Philemon Holland was an English schoolmaster, physician and translator. He is known for the first English translations of several works by Livy, Pliny the Elder, and Plutarch, and also for translating William Camden's Britannia into English.

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Doctors
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Doctor
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deceased
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Lived 1552 to 1637 · aged 85
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