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).
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- Born in
- Burford
- Educated at
- Magdalen College
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"An Old Book of Geography" Household Words: A Weekly Journal Vol. 9, p.75 by Charles Dickens"
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1599
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Birth1662
Died
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