Peter Heylin
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Peter Heylin or Heylyn (1600–1662) was an English ecclesiastical writer.
He was born in Burford, Oxfordshire, and was one of the clerical followers of King Charles I of England. He suffered for his loyalty to the king, when he was deprived under the Commonwealth of his living of Alresford in Hampshire and other preferments. After which he settled at Lacies Court in Abingdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). At the Restoration, he was made sub-Dean of Westminster, but poor health prevented further advancement. He was a prolific writer, and a keen and acrimonious controversialist against the Puritans. Among his works are a History of the Reformation, and a Life of Archbishop William Laud (Cyprianus Anglicanus) (1668). He was the writer of the "Cosmographie", an attempt to describe in meticulous detail every aspect of the known world in 1652, the geography, climate, customs, achievements, politics, and belief systems. It appears to have been the first description in print of Australia, and perhaps of California, Terra del Fuego, and other territories in the New World. He objected to the name "America" as it placed undue glory on Amerigo Vespucci, and recommended "Columbana" or "Cabotia" as more indicative of the true discoverers, Columbus and Cabot.
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This article incorporates public domain text from: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London, J.M. Dent & sons; New York, E.P. Dutton.
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