1640 in Literature - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 25 - Robert Burton, scholar (born 1577)
  • March 17 - Philip Massinger, dramatist (born 1583)
  • March 22 - Thomas Carew, poet (born 1595)
  • April 2 - Paul Fleming, poet (born 1609)
  • April - Uriel da Costa, Portuguese philosopher (born c. 1585)
  • May 30 - AndrĂ© Duchesne, French historian (born 1584)
  • October 1 - Claudio Achillini, Italian philosopher and poet (born 1574)
  • date unknown
    • William Alabaster, poet (born 1567)
    • William Aspley, London publisher
    • Elizabeth Melville, Scottish poet
    • Sir John Melton, politician and writer
    • Daniel Naborowski, Polish poet (born 1573)
    • Richard Rowlands, antiquary (born c. 1550)
  • probable
    • Charles Aleyn, poet
    • John Day, dramatist (born 1574)
    • John Ford, dramatist (born 1584)

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