1640 in literature explained
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1640.
Events
New books
New drama
Poetry
Births
Uncertain dates
Deaths
- January 25 – Robert Burton, English scholar (born 1577)
- February/March – Richard Rowlands, English antiquary (born c. 1550)
- March 8 (burial) – Samuel Ward, English Puritan preacher and writer (born 1577)
- March 17 – Philip Massinger, English dramatist (born 1583)
- March 22 – Thomas Carew, English poet (born 1595)
- April – Uriel da Costa, Portuguese philosopher (born c. 1585)
- April 2 – Paul Fleming, German poet (born 1609)
- April 28 (burial) – William Alabaster, English poet and playwright (born 1567)
- May 30 – André Duchesne, French historian (born 1584)
- October 1 – Claudio Achillini, Italian philosopher and poet (born 1574)
- December
- unknown dates
- probable – Elizabeth Melville, Scottish poet (born c. 1578)[3]
Notes and References
- D.O. Hunter-Blair incorrectly describes the Arte as a grammar of the language spoken in Canara, a district on the Malabar coast; see "Thomas Stephen Buston". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. The Catholic Encyclopedia has another article on Thomas Stephens, under "Thomas Stephens".
- Web site: BBC - History - Aphra Behn . www.bbc.co.uk . 26 March 2019.
- Book: Elizabeth L. Ewan. Sue Innes. Sian Reynolds. Rose Pipes. Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen. 27 June 2007. Edinburgh University Press. 978-0-7486-2660-1. 262.