Robert Burton
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Robert Burton was an English author and fellow of Oxford University, known for his encyclopaedic The Anatomy of Melancholy.
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![Lindley Hall, the Burton family manor, as depicted in a stylised frontispiece to William Burton's Description of Leicestershire (1622). The manor was a medieval foundation, inherited affinially by the Burton family, and torn down in the 17th century.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Burton_family_house%2C_Lindley%2C_from_William_Burton%27s_Description_of_Leicestershire.jpg/330px-Burton_family_house%2C_Lindley%2C_from_William_Burton%27s_Description_of_Leicestershire.jpg)
Lindley Hall, the Burton family manor, as depicted in a stylised frontispiece to William Burton's Description of Leicestershire (1622). The manor was a medieval foundation, inherited affinially by the Burton family, and torn down in the 17th century.[2]![John Bancroft, Burton's tutor at Christ Church, and a lifelong friend. In the left corner is a view of Bancroft's palace near Oxford, Cuddesdon, which Burton praised in the Anatomy, suggesting he was a frequent visitor to his old tutor's estate.[12]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/John_Bancroft_with_a_View_of_Cuddesdon_Rectory%2C_17th_century%2C_University_College.jpg/500px-John_Bancroft_with_a_View_of_Cuddesdon_Rectory%2C_17th_century%2C_University_College.jpg)
John Bancroft, Burton's tutor at Christ Church, and a lifelong friend. In the left corner is a view of Bancroft's palace near Oxford, Cuddesdon, which Burton praised in the Anatomy, suggesting he was a frequent visitor to his old tutor's estate.[12]
Burton's arms above the gable of the south porch, at St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford.
Engraving of Burton, under the name Democritus Junior, in the frontispiece to his Anatomy of Melancholy. This engraving is from the 1628 edition.
Burton's monument in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Frontispiece of the 1628 edition of The Anatomy of Melancholy
Title page of the manuscript of Burton's Philosophaster.Academics from United Kingdom 6
About this person
Country
United KingdomCategory
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1577 to 1640 · aged 62
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