Arthur Wilson (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Wilson (writer)

writer

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1595

Place of Birth: Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1652

Profession: historian, playwright

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Arthur Wilson (baptised 14 December 1595 – autumn 1652) was a 17th-century English playwright, historian and poet.
Born a commoner, he worked as a gentleman-in-waiting and steward to several powerful Parliamentarians in the period up to the English Civil War.
He is remembered as a minor playwright, who wrote several plays for London's Blackfriars Theatre, and as the author of The History of Great Britain, being the Life and Reign of King James I, which documents the anti-Stuartism prevalent in the late Caroline era.