13 July 1527: Birth in London
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13 July 1527: Birth in London - Biography. John Dee was born in London into a family whose Welsh connections and later claims of British antiquity would matter to his self-fashioning.
Summary
John Dee was born in London into a family whose Welsh connections and later claims of British antiquity would matter to his self-fashioning.
Essay
John Dee was born in London into a family whose Welsh connections and later claims of British antiquity would matter to his self-fashioning.
The event anchors Dee's later attempts to present himself as both a learned European and a counselor with British historical credentials.
Bibliographical reference: Glyn Parry, The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee (Yale University Press), pp. 23-27; Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 26-28
13 July 1527
Early life
The event anchors Dee's later attempts to present himself as both a learned European and a counselor with British historical credentials.
Glyn Parry, The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee (Yale University Press), pp. 23-27; Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 26-28
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