Thomas Campion
Sign in to saveEnglish composer, poet and physician
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1567
- Died
- 1620
- Works
- 90
Top works
- Thomae Campiani Epigrammatum libri II
- Thomae Campiani poemata ...
- The discription of a maske
- The art of descant, or composing of musick in parts
- A relation of the late royall entertainment given by the Right Honorable the Lord Knowles, at Cawsome [i.e. Caversham]-House neere Redding to our Most Gracious Queene, Queene Anne, in her progresse toward the bathe, upon the seven and eight and twentie dayes of Aprill, 1613
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- 7,271
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- 42,378
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Thomas Campion, (sometimes Campian) (February 12, 1567 – March 1, 1620) was an English composer, poet and physician. Campion was born in London and studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge, but left without taking a degree. He later entered Gray's Inn to study law in 1586. However, he left in 1595 without having been called to the bar. On February 10, 1605 he received his medical degree from the University of Caen. Campion was first published as a poet <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Thomas+Campion
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- University of Caen Normandy
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Genre
- classical music
- Movement
- Baroque music
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- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1567-01-01
- date of death
- 1620-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- start of work period
- 1601-00-00
- P8168
- Võduvere
- place of burial
- St Dunstan-in-the-West
- Commons category
- Thomas Campion
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Thomas Campion, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
