Thomas Nashe
Thomas Nashe | |
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Polemical woodcut deriding Nashe as jailbird. From
Richard Lichfield's The Trimming of Thomas Nashe, Gentleman (1597) | |
| Born | Baptised 30 November 1567 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England |
| Died | c. 1601 (aged 33–34) |
| Occupation | Playwright, poet, satirist |
| Nationality | English |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Period | c. 1589–1599 |
| Notable works | Summer's Last Will and Testament (1592) |
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Thomas Nashe (also Nash; baptised 30 November 1567 – c. 1601) was an English Elizabethan playwright, poet, satirist and a significant pamphleteer.: 5 He is known for his novel The Unfortunate Traveller, his pamphlets including Pierce Penniless, and his numerous defences of the Church of England.