Selected Poetry of Richard Carew of Anthony (1555-1620)
from Representative Poetry On-line
Prepared by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto
from 1912 to the present and published by the University of Toronto Press from 1912 to 1967.
RPO Edited by Ian Lancashire
A UTEL (University of Toronto English Library) Edition
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services,
University of Toronto Libraries
© 2009, Ian Lancashire for the Department
of English, University of Toronto
Index to prose
- The Excellency of the English Tongue (printed 1614)
Notes on Life and Works
- Mendyk, S.. “Carew, Richard (1555-1620).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
Biographical information
Given name: Richard
Family name: Carew of Anthony
Birth date: 17 July 1555
Death date: 6 November 1620
Nationality: English
Family relations
father: Thomas Carew
mother: Elizabeth Carew
wife: Juliana Carew (from 1577)
Languages
French
German
Italian
Greek
Spanish
Education: Christ Church, Oxford: 1566
Literary period: Renaissance
Occupations
Antiquary
Member of Parliament
Residence: Antony House, East Antony: 1555
Buried at: Antony Church
First RPO edition: 1996
