John Bodenham

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John Bodenham
Born	c. 1559
Died	c. 1610 (aged c. 50)
Occupation	anthologist
Years active	c. 1600

John Bodenham (c. 1559 – 1610), anthologist, was the patron of some of the Elizabethan poetry anthologies.

Life

He was the son of William Bodnam and Katherine Wanton. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School.^[1]

Mr. Bullen says that Bodenham did not himself edit any of the Elizabethan miscellanies attributed to him by bibliographers: but that he projected their publication, and he befriended the editors.^[2]

Works

Politeuphuia (Wits' Commonwealth) (1597),
Wits' Theater (1598),
Belvidere, or the Garden of the Muses (1600),
England's Helicon (1600). ^[2]

References

↑ Marotti 2004.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Bullen 1886.

Attribution

Bullen, Arthur Henry (1886). "Bodenham, John". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 05. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 291–292.

Marotti, Arthur F. (2004). "Bodenham , John (c.1559–1610)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press.

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