About Philemon Holland

Philemon Holland was an English schoolmaster, physician and translator. He is known for the first English translations of several works by Livy, Pliny the Elder, and Plutarch, and also for translating William Camden's Britannia into English.

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Occupation: philologist, translator, teacher, physician

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Henry Holland (1583–c1650), artist; William Marshall (fl 1617–1649), engraver via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Philemon Holland

English schoolmaster, physician, and Classics translator

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