Online Encyclopedia

WILLIAM VAUGHAN (1577-1641)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 956 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

WILLIAM VAUGHAN (1577-1641)  ,
See also:
English author and colonial
See also:
pioneer, son of Walter Vaughan (d . 1598), was born at
See also:
Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, his
See also:
father's estate, in 1577 . He was descended from an ancient prince of Powys . His
See also:
brother, John Vaughan (1572-1634), became 1st
See also:
earl of Carbery; and another brother, General
See also:
Sir Henry, or Harry Vaughan (1587-1659), was a well-known royalist leader . William was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, and took the degree of LL.D. at Vienna . In 1616 he bought a grant of
See also:
land in the south coast of
See also:
Newfoundland, to which he sent two batches of settlers . In 1622 he visited the settlement, which he called Cambriol, and returned to England in 1625 . Vaughan apparently paid another visit to his colony, but his plans for its prosperity were foiled by the severe winters . He died at his house of Torcoed, Carmarthen-
See also:
shire, in August 1641 . His chief
See also:
work is The Golden Grove (1600), a general guide to morals, politics and literature, in which the manners of the time are severely criticized, plays being denounced as folly and wickedness . The section in praise of
See also:
poetry borrows much from earlier writers on the subject . The Golden Fleece .

. transported from Cambriot

See also:
Colchis . by
See also:
Orpheus jun., alias Will Vaughan, which contains information about Newfoundland. is the most interesting of his other
See also:
works .

End of Article: WILLIAM VAUGHAN (1577-1641)
[back]
THOMAS VAUGHAN (1622-1666)
[next]
VAULT 1 (Fr. voute, Ital. volta, Ger. Gaavolbe)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.