Philemon Holland, aged 80. An engraving by William Marshall, from a drawing by Henry Holland, Philemon's son, published in Philemon's translation of Xenophon's Cyrupaedia (1632).
Born
1552
Chelmsford, Essex
Died
9 February 1637(1637-02-09) (aged 84–85)
Coventry
Spouse
Anne Bott
Children
Abraham Holland Henry Holland Compton Holland William Holland six other children including two unmarried daughters
Parent(s)
John Holland, mother's name unknown
Philemon Holland (1552 – 9 February 1637) was an English schoolmaster, physician and translator. He is known for the first English translations of several works by Livy, Pliny the Elder, and Plutarch, and also for translating William Camden's Britannia into English.
Abraham Holland (died 18 February 1626) was an English poet. He was the son of the translator, PhilemonHolland, and the brother of the printer, Henry...
name Colosseum in Early Modern English is the 1600 translation, by PhilemonHolland, of the Urbis Romae topographia of Bartolomeo Marliani, which he used...
There were a number of shipbuilders and shipwrights called Philemon Ewer in the villages of Bursledon and Hamble in the River Hamble area of Hampshire...
comprising Afghanistan, Iran, North-western India and Pakistan. In 1601, PhilemonHolland used 'Arianes' in his translation of the Latin Arianus to designate...
"William Camden, Britannia (1607) with an English translation by PhilemonHolland – Danmonii". The University of Birmingham. Archived from the original...
Camillus Translators and editors Jacques Amyot Arthur Hugh Clough John Dryden PhilemonHolland Thomas North 1 Comparison extant 2 Four unpaired Lives...
fine frontispiece). The first English-language edition, translated by PhilemonHolland, appeared in 1610, again with some additional content supplied by Camden...
might also have drawn on Livy's Ab Urbe condita, as translated by PhilemonHolland, and possibly a digest of Livy by Lucius Annaeus Florus; both of these...
Camillus Translators and editors Jacques Amyot Arthur Hugh Clough John Dryden PhilemonHolland Thomas North 1 Comparison extant 2 Four unpaired Lives...
Winifred Pound. Thomas Holland was a descendant of the translator PhilemonHolland. Holland was an early property owner along the brook, although he never...
Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia, book VIII. As translated by PhilemonHolland (1601), "Of all other living creatures, they [elephants] cannot abide...
Elder (1601). "LV. Of Hares and Connies.". Natural History, Book VIII. PhilemonHolland (trans). Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 19...
Moralia was first translated into English from the original Greek by PhilemonHolland in 1603. In 1683, John Dryden began a life of Plutarch and oversaw...
Camillus Translators and editors Jacques Amyot Arthur Hugh Clough John Dryden PhilemonHolland Thomas North 1 Comparison extant 2 Four unpaired Lives...
298. Camden, William (1607). "Lauden or Lothien". Britannia. trans. PhilemonHolland. Archived from the original on 7 April 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009...
Jallet-Huant, 2009, pp. 27–31 Martin, 2003, pp. 174–177 Jallet-Huant, 2009, p. 33 Holland, Rubicon, p. 287 Ramsey, John T (2016). "How and why was Pompey Made sole...
meets Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, and they become firm friends. PhilemonHolland publishes his translation of the Natural History of Pliny the Elder...
(Latin from LacusCurtius website / 1601 PhilemonHolland translation from http://penelope.uchicago.edu/holland/index.html / 1855 John Bostock translation...
News From Hell Salvator Fabris – Lo Schermo, overo Scienza D'Arme PhilemonHolland – The Historie of Twelve Caesars, a translation of Suetonius's De vita...
and English (1599) has "Birdes of a feather will flocke togither". PhilemonHolland's 1600 translation of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita Libri has "As commonly...
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