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RICHARD CORBET (1582—1635)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 136 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICHARD See also:CORBET (1582—1635)  , See also:English See also:bishop and poet, was See also:born in 1582, the son of a nurseryman at See also:Ewell, See also:Surrey . At See also:Oxford, to which he proceeded from See also:Westminster school in 1597, he was noted as a wit . On taking orders he continued to display this See also:talent from the See also:pulpit, and See also:James I., in See also:consideration of his " See also:fine See also:fancy and See also:preaching," made him one of the royal chaplains . In 162o he became See also:vicar of Stewkley, See also:Berkshire, and in the same See also:year was made See also:dean of See also:Christchurch, Oxford . In 1628 he was made bishop of Oxford, and in 1632 translated thence to the see of See also:Norwich . See also:Corbet was the author of many poems, for the most See also:part of a lively, satirical See also:order, his most serious See also:production being the Fairies' Farewell . His verses were first collected and published in 1647 . His conviviality was famous, and many stories are told of his youthful merry-making in See also:London taverns in See also:company with See also:Ben See also:Jonson, who always remained his See also:close friend, and other dramatists . He died at Norwich on the 28th of See also:July 1635 .

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