Burton, Robert
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 18 February 1577 (greg.) at 08:55 (= 08:55 AM ) | ||
| Place | Lindley, England, 52n30, 1w00 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m1w00 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   29°39'   12°31 Asc. 28°30'
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Biography
British astrologer, mathematician, scholar and Reverend rector of Seagrave. From a profound personal awareness in 1621, he wrote "Anatomy of Melancholy" under the pseudonym of Democritus Junior. Educated in Oxford, he was elected fellow of Christ Church College in 1599 and received his bachelor's degree of divinity in 1614. He remained at the college as librarian, tutor and scholar for the rest of his life. He was also appointed vicar of St. Thomas's in Oxford starting in 1616. The author of several Latin poems, his noted Latin comedy, "Philosophaster," written in 1606 and performed in 1617 was followed by his most famed piece "Anatomy of Melancholy," 1621. This was enlarged and revised several times by the author; basically a treatise on various forms of emotional disturbance and is considered a valuable document of the intellectual history of the seventeenth century.
Burton was found hanging in his room at Oxford on 1/25/1639.
Events
- Death by Suicide 25 January 1639 (Hanged self, age 61)
- Social : End a program of study 1614 (Bachelor's degree in divinity from Christ Church College)
- Work : New Career 1616 (Appointed vicar of St. Thomas's)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1606 (Latin comedy poem published)
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1621 (Most noted writing of "Anatomy of Melancholy")
Source Notes
BJA quotes his own chart as recorded in his papers. Born at the time of the Annunciation calendar, the year was 1576/77
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction
- Diagnoses : Psychological : Depression (Studies and writings)
- Vocation : Religion : Ecclesiastics/ western (Reverand rector)
- Vocation : Occult Fields : Astrologer (Hobby)
- Personal : Death : Suicide (Hanged himself)
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- Vocation : Education : Librarian (College)
