Stanyhurst

Stanyhurst

Stanyhurst (spr. Stännihörst), Richard, geb. 1549 in Dublin, war eine Zeitlang Lehrer zu Oxford, ging später nach Holland u. st. 1618; er schr.: Harmonia in Porphyrianas costitutiones; Lond. 1750, Fol.; De rebus in Hibernia gestis, Antw. 1584; übersetzte metrisch die 4 ersten Bücher der Äneis u. mehre, Lond. 1583.


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