1626 in Literature - Deaths

Deaths

  • February - William Rowley, dramatist (born c.1585)
  • September 25
    • Lancelot Andrewes, preacher and author (born 1555)
    • ThĂ©ophile de Viau, poet and dramatist (born 1590)
  • October 19 - BĂ©roalde de Verville, poet and novelist (born 1556)
  • December 8 - Sir John Davies, poet (born 1569)
  • date unknown
    • Nicholas Breton, poet and novelist (born c. 1545)
    • Samuel Purchas, travel writer (born c. 1575)
    • William Rowley, dramatist (born c. 1585)
    • Cyril Tourneur, dramatist (born 1575)

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