General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . 81. Queen Elizabeth employedhim as a commissioner in Scotland, Germany,and the Low-countries; and in 1588 he wissent into Russia as embassador to the czarTheodore Ivanovitch, with the charge of re-establishing the commercial concerns of theRussian company, which were fallen to at first met with a rough reception, but atlength he succeeded in conclude tn- tageous treaty, by which the former privilegesof the co
General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order . 81. Queen Elizabeth employedhim as a commissioner in Scotland, Germany,and the Low-countries; and in 1588 he wissent into Russia as embassador to the czarTheodore Ivanovitch, with the charge of re-establishing the commercial concerns of theRussian company, which were fallen to at first met with a rough reception, but atlength he succeeded in conclude tn- tageous treaty, by which the former privilegesof the company were 1 med. After his return he drew up and printed in1591 an account Of the Russe Common-wealth, which contains many curious and au-thentic particulars of that country, then littleknown to I Some free stric- tures which he made upon the despotism of tiegovernment, and the brutal tyranny of the czarIvan Basilovitch, caused his work to be sup-pressed soon after its publication, through fearof giving offence to the reigning prince. was afterwards made secretary to th(city of London, a master of requests, and trea-surer of St. Pauls church. He died in 1610-. JOHN KLKTlM ETC FLE ( 135 ) FLE His work on Russia is inserted, with somesmall omissions, in Hakluyts Collection ofVoyages, &c. Biog. Britan,—A. FLETCHER, John, an eminent Englishdramatic writer, was the son of RichardFletcher, bishop of London : he was born inNorthamptonshire in 1576, anil received hiseducation at Cambridge. It is not known thathe followed any profession, except thatpoet, in which capacity he was the inseparablepartner of Francis Beaumont (see his article),insomuch that their names are rarely mentionedbut in conjunction. He is also said to havewritten a comedy in partnership with B. Jon-son. After the death of Beaumont, Fletcheris supposed to have consulted James Shirley onthe plots of several of his plays. He died ofthe plague in 1625, and was buried in thechurch of St. Mary Overy. Differ
Size: 1409px × 1774px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1810, booksubjectbiography, bookyear18
