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| 1587 births | |
| kynaston, francis | |
| 1642 deaths | |
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| alumni of oriel college, oxford | |
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He was from Ellesmere , Shropshire , and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford (matriculated 1601), and Cambridge . He was knighted by James I in 1618, and was a Member Of Parliament in 1621. Under Charles I he had a court position, and founded with royal support the ''Musaeum Minervae'', an academy, initially in his own house, but with ambitions to move into Chelsea College . He wrote a Masque , ''Corona Minervae'', performed in 1635. Other works were ''Leoline and Sydanis'' (1641), and ''Cynthiades: Sonnets to his Mistresse''. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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