Burton,Robert

Burton,Robert
Burton, Robert. 1577-1640.
English cleric and writer known chiefly for his Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), a treatise on the causes, symptoms, and cure of melancholy that ranges far afield in its lively depiction of everyday life.

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  • Burton, Robert — (1577–1640) British scholar and writer. He spent most of his life as a vicar at Oxford. His great Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) describes the kinds, causes, symptoms, and cures of melancholy in a lively, elegant, and sometimes humorous style; a… …   Universalium

  • Burton, Robert — (1577–1640). Académico y escritor británico. Durante la mayor parte de su vida fue vicario en Oxford. Su grandiosa obra La anatomía de la melancolía (1621), describe de un modo vivaz, elegante y en ocasiones jocoso los diferentes tipos de… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • BURTON, ROBERT —    an English clergyman, born in Leicestershire; Scholar of Christ Church, Oxford; lived chiefly in Oxford, spending his time in it for some 50 years in study; author of The Anatomy of Melancholy, which he wrote to alleviate his own depression of …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Burton, Robert — (1577 1640)    Miscellaneous writer, b. at Lindley, Leicestershire, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, and became Vicar of St. Thomas, Oxf., 1616, and Rector of Segrave, Leicestershire, 1630. Subject to depression of spirits, he wrote as an antidote… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • Robert Burton (escritor) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Robert Burton (escritor) Nombre Robert Burton (escritor) N …   Wikipedia Español

  • Robert Burton — may refer to:* Robert Burton, Sr. (21st century), printing industry executive * Robert Burton (athlete) (born 1885), British track and field athlete * Robert Burton (scholar) (1577 1640), English scholar and vicar * Robert Burton (statesman)… …   Wikipedia

  • Robert Burton (Politiker) — Robert Burton Robert Burton (* 20. Oktober 1747 bei Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia; † 31. Mai 1825 im Granville County, North Carolina) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker, der als D …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • BURTON (R.) — BURTON ROBERT (1577 1640) Né à Lindley, dans le comté de Leicester, le 8 février 1577, Burton fit ses études à Oxford où il obtint une licence de théologie en 1614. Il devint pasteur en 1616 et obtint des bénéfices ecclésiastiques dans le… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Robert Burton — [Robert Burton] (1577–1640) an English academic at ↑Oxford University who is best known for writing The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), a study of ↑depression, its history and effects …   Useful english dictionary

  • Burton — Burton, Richard Burton, Richard Francis Burton, Tim * * * (as used in expressions) Chester Burton Atkins Burton, Richard Burton, Robert Burton, Sir Richard (Francis) Lancaster, Burt(on Stephen) Lane, Burton Burton Levy …   Enciclopedia Universal

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