The Dictionary of National Biography: Missing Persons (Classic Reprint)

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The original dnb was as full in its coverage of the sixteenth century as of the middle ages. For the seventeenth century, however, recent historical scholarship revealed the omission of several important figures in politics and central govern ment, particularly during the civil wars and their aftermath, and of some noteworthy participants in the religious upheavals of the mid-century, especially religious radicals. They are now recognized in this book, as are artists and writers (including diarists) whose importance was not appreciated (or whose works had not been dis covered) when the original editors made their choices. Equally notable, for the whole period from 1501 to 1700, are the new entries for merchants, moneylenders, mine-owners, mathematicians, surveyors, and projectors: people from the develop ing worlds of commerce and finance, industry and science.

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