Henry Peacham (born 1546) The Worth of a Peny , Henry Peacham the ElderFor his son (both were English Renaissance writers), see Henry Peacham (born 1578). Henry Peacham(1546–1634), sometimes calledHenry Peacham the Elder , was an English curate, best known for his treatise on rhetoric entitled The Garden of Elo- quence, first publ is he d in 157 7. He liv ed at Leverton- in-Holland , inLincolnshire, and was the father ofHenry Peacham the Younger, who also became an author. [1] 1 Furth er re ading • Shawn Smith , “Henr y Pe ach am the Eld er,” The Dic - tionary of Literary Biograph y, Volume 236: British Rhe tori cians and Logic ians, 1500– 1660 , Fir st Seri es, Detroit: Gale, 2001, pp. 188–201. • Will ard R. Esp y, Th e Gar den of Eloq uence: A Rhetorica l Bestiary, New York: Dutton, 1983 • Alan R. Young, “Henry Peacham, Author of The Gar den of Eloq uence (1577 ): A Bio grap hic al Note,” Notes and Queries, vol. 24, 1977, pp . 503–5 07 Page fromMinerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises , 1612 2 Notes [1] Peacham, Henry (the Y ounger), 'Minerv a Brittana(Lon- don, 1612), p. 170, emblem “Zelus in Dream”3 Re ference s • Pe acham, Henry (1954) [1593]. The Gar den of Elo - quence. Gainesville, Fla.: Softcover: Scholars’ Fac- similes & Reprints. p. 280. Retrieved 2010-03-24. 4 Exte rnal li nks • Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence (at silva rhetoricae – A gui de to rhetoric, by Dr. Gideon Bur - ton,Brigham Young University). 1
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Henry Peacham (born 1546)
The Worth of a Peny , Henry Peacham the Elder
For his son (both were English Renaissance writers), see
Henry Peacham (born 1578).
Henry Peacham (1546–1634), sometimes called Henry
Peacham the Elder, was an English curate, best known
for his treatise on rhetoric entitled The Garden of Elo-
quence, first published in 1577. He lived at Leverton-
in-Holland, in Lincolnshire, and was the father of Henry
Peacham the Younger, who also became an author.[1]
1 Further reading
• Shawn Smith, “Henry Peacham the Elder,” The Dic-
tionary of Literary Biography, Volume 236: British
Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500–1660, First Series ,
Detroit: Gale, 2001, pp. 188–201.
• Willard R. Espy, The Garden of Eloquence: A
Rhetorical Bestiary, New York: Dutton, 1983
• Alan R. Young, “Henry Peacham, Author of The
Garden of Eloquence (1577): A Biographical Note,”
Notes and Queries , vol. 24, 1977, pp. 503–507
Page from Minerua Britanna or A garden of heroical deuises ,
1612
2 Notes
[1] Peacham, Henry (the Younger), 'Minerva Brittana (Lon-
don, 1612), p. 170, emblem “Zelus in Dream”
3 References
• Peacham, Henry (1954) [1593]. The Garden of Elo-