SAMUEL DANIEL
\sˈamjuːl dˈanjə͡l], \sˈamjuːl dˈanjəl], \s_ˈa_m_j_uː_l d_ˈa_n_j_əl]\
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An English poet, historian, and rhyming chronicler; born near Taunton, Somersetshire, 1562; died near Beckington, Wiltshire, October 1619. He was conspicuous at the courts of Elizabeth and James I., writing a rhymed "History of the Civil Wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster" (1595), and a prose "History of England" (to Edward III.: 1613-18). His style as a sonneteer and lyrist appears in the collection named "Delia" (1592).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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