Richard Hakluyt
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Richard Hakluyt was an English geographer, writer, translator and diplomat, born in Hereford in 1552. He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, later working for the University of Oxford, and held positions including chaplain and deacon within the Anglican church. Associated with the movement of Renaissance humanism, he wrote and spoke French and English.
Hakluyt produced 142 works, including Voyages of Drake & Gilbert and Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America. He died in London on 23 October 1616 and was buried at Westminster Abbey on 26 November 1616.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1552?
- Died
- 1616
- Works
- 142
Top works
- Voyages of Drake & Gilbert
- Voyages & documents
- Voyages of the Elizabethan seamen to America
- Voyagers' tales
- They told Mr. Hakluyt
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
· 1977 · cited 63,309x
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 59,204x
- Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform
· 2009 · cited 47,628x
- ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database
· 2009 · cited 47,217x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,514x
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Key facts
- Born
- 1553, Hereford , Herefordshire; or London, England
- Died
- 23 November 1616 (1616-11-23) (aged 64), London, England
- Occupation
- Author, editor and translator
- Period
- 1580–1609
- Subject
- Exploration; geography; travel
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- England
- Place of birth
- Hereford
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- presbyter
- Position held
- diacon, caterisit
- Educated at
- Westminster School
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Movement
- renaissance humanism
- Image
- RichardHakluyt-BristolCathedral-stainedglasswindow.jpg
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- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
- Commons category
- Richard Hakluyt
- date of birth
- 1552-00-00
- Commons Creator page
- Richard Hakluyt
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- has works in the collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Richard Hakluyt
- P12749
- Börnichen
- date of burial or cremation
- 1616-11-26
- date of death
- 1616-00-00
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Richard Hakluyt, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Hakluyt (/ˈhæklʊt, ˈhæklət, ˈhækəlwɪt/; 1553 – 23 November 1616) was an English writer and Anglican Protestant priest. He is known for promoting the English colonization of North America through his works, notably Divers Voyages Touching the Discoverie of America (1582) and The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589–1600).
Hakluyt was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Between 1583 and 1588 he was chaplain and secretary to Sir Edward Stafford, English ambassador at the French court. An ordained priest, Hakluyt held important positions at Bristol Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and was personal chaplain to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, principal Secretary of State to Elizabeth I and James I. He was the chief promoter of a petition to James I for letters patent to colonize Virginia, which were granted to the London Company and Plymouth Company (referred to collectively as the Virginia Company) in 1606. The Hakluyt Society, which publishes scholarly editions of primary records of voyages and travels, was named after him in its 1846 formation.
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