poet
John Heywood.
English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs (1497-1580)
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About John Heywood
John Heywood was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. Although he is best known as a playwright, he was also active as a musician and composer, though no musical works survive. A devout Catholic, he nevertheless served as a royal servant to both the Catholic and Protestant regimes of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
Everything about John Heywood →- Occupation
- poet, playwright, aphorist, writer
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the April 1554 Parliament, Member of the 1554-55 Parliament
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- 1497
- Died
- 1580