"Chronologer" Quotes from Famous Books
... (1570-1627).—Dramatist, was a Londoner and city chronologer, in which capacity he composed a chronicle of the city, now lost. He wrote over 20 plays, chiefly comedies, besides masques and pageants, and collaborated with Dekker, Webster, and other playwrights. His best plays are The Changeling, ... — A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature • John W. Cousin
... is correctly described as Mercurius Civicus. He applied for the post of Chronologer to the City of London and James I wrote to the Lord Mayor (unsuccessfully) in ... — Bacon is Shake-Speare • Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence |