1631 Gallery

Monument to John Stowe, Historian and Antiquarian, 1525-1605

John Stowe, Historian and Antiquarian, 1525-1605, from his monument in the Church of St. Andrew Undershaft. Depicted in an Elizabethan ruff holding a quill pen. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries from his J.T. Smith's Antiquities of London and its Environs, J. Sewell, R. Folder, J. Simco, London, 1792

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Edward Cocker

EDWARD COCKER penman and mathematician whose name became a byword for accuracy - something that was according to Cocker was correctly done Date: 1631 - 1675

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1631, 1675, Accuracy, Byword, Cocker, Correctly, Edward, Historical, History, Mathematician, Penman

Gustave Horn - Swedish - Finnish politician and soldier

Count Gustav Horn af Bjorneborg (1592-1657), Swedish/Finnish politician and soldier at the Battle of Breitenfeld and Battle of Nordlingen. Date: 1631

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1631, Af, Battle, Bjorneborg, Breitenfeld, Count, Finnish, Gustav, Historical, History, Horn, Nordlingen, Politician, Portrait, Soldier, Swedish