Dekker
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Dekker. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THOMAS, an English dramatist; born in London, about 1570; died some time after 1637. He wrote a great number of plays, but only a few of them were published, among them the two comedies, "The Shoemak. er's Holiday," and "Old Fortunatus"; they are both specimens of whatever is best and most genuine in English humor, and the second in particular abounds in passages of consummate poetic beauty. Of other writings of his we have "The Wonderful Year," a pamphlet describing graphically the horrors of the plague; an amusing tract, "The Bachelor's Banquet," a satire on henpecked husbands; and many other fugitive pieces lashing the vices and follies of the age. He also collaborated with other dramatists. DE KOVEN (HENRY LOUIS) REGI- NALD, an American composer born in Middletown, Conn., April 3, 1859. He was graduated at Oxford in 1879 and studied music in the leading cities of Europe. His operettas have had great success, notably "The Begum," "Don Quixote," "Robin Hood," "The Fencing Master," "The Three Dragoons," "Maid Marian," "Student King," etc. He composed some popular songs, as "Oh, Promand "Recessional." Died 1915. ise Me," Me,"
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
or Decker, Thomas (1570-1637 or later), an English dramatist. Little is known of his life, except that he lived in London, wrote about twenty-eight dramas alone, and many others in collaboration with Massinger, Ford, Webster, Rowley, Middleton, and others. He excelled in scenes laid in shops, inns, taverns, and the like. SAYINGS. Turn over a new leaf. Honest labor bears a lovely face. This principle is old, but true as fate,-- Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.