Biography · Afterlife
1608 or 1609: Death at Mortlake
Index Card
1608 or 1609: Death at Mortlake - Biography. Dee died in poverty and diminished public standing, though his books, manuscripts, objects, and reputation continued to circulate.
Summary
Dee died in poverty and diminished public standing, though his books, manuscripts, objects, and reputation continued to circulate.
Essay
Dee died in poverty and diminished public standing, though his books, manuscripts, objects, and reputation continued to circulate.
His death did not end the historical life of the materials: later editors, antiquaries, alchemists, and scholars remade Dee through reception.
Bibliographical reference: Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 249-267; Glyn Parry, The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee (Yale University Press), pp. 273-322
Date
1608 or 1609
Category
Afterlife
Significance
His death did not end the historical life of the materials: later editors, antiquaries, alchemists, and scholars remade Dee through reception.
Bibliography
Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (Cambridge University Press), pp. 249-267; Glyn Parry, The Arch-Conjuror of England: John Dee (Yale University Press), pp. 273-322
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