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Burton (ROBERT an of the Lusiads He)

ROBERT, an of the "Lusiads." He died in Trieste, Oct. 20, 1890. writer, born at Lindley, Leicestershire, Feb. 8, 1577. Obtaining two church livings, he resided at Christ Church, Ox- ford. Here he wrote the "Anatomy of BURTON, ROBERT, an English Feb. 8, 1577. Obtaining two church livings, he resided at Christ C Church, Oxford. Here he wrote the "Anatomy of Melancholy" (published about 1621) ; a vast storehouse of shrewd comment, apt and learned quotation, humor, and eruvast storehouse of shrewd comment, apt and learned quotation, humor, and erudition, from which Milton, Sterne, and others did not scruple to borrow. The work mirrors his own mind and temperament. He died at Oxford, Jan. 25, 1640.