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2 unusual facts about Edward Phillips


Edward Phillips

He was the son of Edward Phillips of the crown office in chancery, and his wife Anne, only sister of John Milton, the poet.

He also wrote The New World of English Words (1658), which went through many editions; a new edition of Baker's Chronicle, of which the section on the period from 1650 to 1658 was written by himself from the royalist standpoint; a supplement (1676) to John Speed's Theatre of Great Britain; and in 1684 Enchiridion linguae latinae, said to have been taken chiefly from notes prepared by Milton.



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