John Stow
John Stow (* around 1525 in London ; † April 6, 1605 ibid) was an English historian and antiquarian .
Life
Stow worked as a tailor until the early sixties of the 16th century . Then he began collecting manuscripts and writing chronicles. Despite his low origins, he became a member of the College of Antiquaries founded in 1586 . First he published an edition of the texts of Geoffrey Chaucer (1561), then the "Summary of English Chronicles" (1565). His first independent work was "The Annales of England" (1580). His most famous work is "A Survey of London" (1598 and 1603). It contains information about the history of London and details about the life, customs, people, government and topography of London. Stow was hired by Archbishop Matthew Parker to publish medieval chronicles. Allegedly, he spent all of his fortune looking for records.
Fonts
- A Survey of London: Written in the Year 1598. Alan Sutton Publishing, Stroud 1994, ISBN 0-7509-0827-0 ( digitized from Clarendon edition, Cambridge 1908).
literature
- Hugh Trevor-Roper : John Stow. In: Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. Volume 26, 1975, pp. 337-342 (PDF) .
- Barrett L. Beer: Tudor England Observed: The World of John Stow. Alan Sutton Publishing, Stroud 1998, ISBN 0-7509-1943-4 .
- Patrick Collinson : John Stow and nostalgic antiquarianism. In: JF Merritt: Imagining Early Modern London. Perceptions and portrayals of the city from Stow to Strype, 1598-1720. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001, ISBN 0521773466 , pp. 27-51.
- Ian Gadd, Alexandra Gillespie (Eds.): John Stow (1525-1605) and the Making of the English Past. British Library, London 2004, ISBN 0-7123-4864-6 .
Web links
- John Stow in the Notable Names Database .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stow, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English historian and archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1525 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1605 |
| Place of death | London |