Richard Rowlands
✓ Source-basedrisingAnglo-Dutch antiquary, publisher, humorist and translator (1550-1640)
JournalistsLived 1550 to 1640 · aged 90
Fame42.8
Momentum15.9
Languages7
Peak1860s
In century#4,256
Richard Verstegen, anglicised as Richard Verstegan and also known as Richard Rowlands, was an Anglo-Dutch antiquary, publisher, humorist and translator.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 2
Richard Verstegen's color engraving of the 1584 torture and execution of Archbishop Dermot O'Hurley. The 1579 hanging of fellow Irish Catholic Martyrs Bishop Patrick O'Hely and Friar Conn Ó Ruairc is shown in the background.
Plate from Theatrum crudelitatum Hæreticorum nostri temporis (1587), describing alleged Protestant atrocities and religious persecution against Roman Catholics.About this person
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1550 to 1640 · aged 90
Written about in
7 languages
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