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Boorde, Andrew — ▪ English physician and author Boorde also spelled Borde born c. 1490, , Borde hill, Cuckfield, Sussex, Eng. died April 1549, Fleet Prison, London English physician and author of the first English guidebook to Europe. Boorde was… … Universalium
Boorde, Andrew — (1490 1549) England. Author. He compiled an encyclopedia entitled The Fyrst Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge (1547). It had a chapter on Romani, which includes some of the earliest specimens of the language, probably collected in Calais … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies
Boorde, or Borde, Andrew — (1490? 1549) Traveller, b. near Cuckfield, Sussex, was brought up as a Carthusian, and held ecclesiastical appointments, then practised medicine at various places, including Glasgow, and was employed in various capacities by T. Cromwell. He… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Andrew Boorde — or Borde (1490 ndash;April 1549) was an English traveller, physician and writer.Born at Boords Hill, Holms Dale, Sussex, he was educated at Oxford University, and was admitted a member of the Carthusian order while under age. In 1521 he was… … Wikipedia
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