Thomas Seget
Thomas Seget (Seton?, 1569 – Amsterdam, 1627) was a Scottish poet who wrote in Latin.[1]
Seget is first recorded as a convert from Calvinism to Catholicism, attending the Scots College at Louvain in 1596, but did not stay long. Carrying a letter of recommendation from Justus Lipsius, the Flemish humanist, he travelled to Italy where he met Galileo in 1599. He travelled further through Europe, making the acquaintances among others of Kepler in Prague.[2] He also corresponded with the Polish poet Szymon Szymonowic, and other Polish connections included his stay at the University of Altdorf 1614-1616 at the same time as the Socinian activity there around Samuel Przypkowski.[3][4]
Works
- poems (posthumous) in Delitiae poetarum scotorum huius aevi illustrium. Amsterdam 1637
- friendship album - Thomas Segeti Scoti Collectio plurium erga ipsum amicitiae monumentorum a Viris illustribus scripta. (Vatican library)
- appeal to King James for permission to return to Scotland.
References
- ^ Alasdair A. MacDonald, Michael Lynch, Ian Borthwick Cowan The Renaissance in Scotland: studies in literature, religion, history, and
- ^ Edward Rosen Thomas Seget of Seton (1569 or 1570-1627) Edinburgh University Press.1949
- ^ Otakar Odlozilik, "Thomas Seget: A Scottish friend of Szymon Szymonowic", Polish Review, vol.11, no.1, 1966.
- ^ Magyar Könyvszemle 97. évf. 1981. 3. szám
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