John Pory
John Pory | |
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The title page of Pory's translation of Leo Africanus's A Geographical Historie of Africa (1600) | |
| Born | 1572 Thompson, Norfolk, Kingdom of England |
| Died | 1633 (aged 60–61) England |
| Occupation | Government administrator, traveller, author, journalist |
| Period | 1600–1633 |
| Subject | Exploration, geography, travel |
John Pory (b. 1572–d. 1633) was an English politician, administrator, traveller, and author during the Jacobean and Caroline eras; the skilled linguist may have been the first news correspondent in English-language journalism. As the first Speaker of the Virginia General Assembly, Pory established parliamentary procedures for that legislative body still in use today (although members now elect their Speaker).