Arthur Wilson (writer)
Arthur Wilson | |
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| Born | Arthur Wilson bapt. 14 December 1595 Yarmouth, England |
| Died | October 1652 (aged 56) Felsted, England |
| Education | Trinity College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Dramatist, historian, gentleman-in-waiting, steward |
| Employer(s) | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick |
| Notable work | The History of Great Britain, being the Life and Reign of King James I |
| Spouse | Susan Spitty |
Arthur Wilson (baptised 14 December 1595 – October 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.