Peter Heylin
Peter Heylyn or Heylin was an English ecclesiastic and author of many polemical, historical, political and theological tracts. He incorporated his political concepts into his geographical books Microcosmus in 1621 and Cosmographie (1657).
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Burford
- Educated at
- Magdalen College
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Trending topics shown first"Water, making but one globe with the earth, is yet higher than it. This appears, first, because it is a body not so heavy; secondly, it is observed by sailors that their ships move faster to the shore…"
"An Old Book of Geography" Household Words: A Weekly Journal Vol. 9, p.75 by Charles Dickens"
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Timeline
1599
Born
Birth1662
Died
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