Brathwait was born at Burnishead, near Kendal. He entered Oriel College, Oxford in 1604, and remained there for some years, pursuing the study of poetry and Roman history. He moved to Cambridge to study law at the university and afterwards to London to the Inns of Court. His father, Thomas, died in 1610, and Brathwait went down to live on the estate he inherited.[1] He was married[2] at Hurworth in County Durham, 4 May 1617, to Frances, daughter of James Lawson, of Nesham Abbey.
In 1633 his wife died, and in 1639 he married again. His only son by this second marriage, Sir Strafford Brathwait, was killed at sea.[1] Brathwait is believed to have served with the Royalist army in the Civil War.
Frontispiece to A Solemne Joviall Disputation, 1617
He was the author of many works of very unequal merit, of which the best known is Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys, which records his pilgrimages through England in rhymed Latin (said by Southey to be the best of modern times), and doggerel English verse. The English Gentleman (1631) and English Gentlewoman are in a much more decorous strain. Other works are The Golden Fleece (1611) (poems), The Poet's Willow, A Strappado for the Devil (a satire), and Art Asleepe, Husband?
His 1613 book The Yong Mans Gleanings contains the first known use of the word "computer"; he used the word to refer to an "arithmetician".[3]
^ abOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Brathwait, Richard". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Black, M. W. (1928). Richard Brathwaite: an account of his life and works (PhD thesis). University of Pennsylvania.
Reed, Barbara A. (2000). Richard Brathwait: a case study of publishing and conduct literature in seventeenth-century England (M.A. thesis). Arizona State University.
Sanders, Julie (2009) [2004]. "Brathwaite, Richard (1587/8–1673)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3290. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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richard, brathwait, this, article, about, poet, philosopher, braithwaite, brathwaite, 1588, 1673, english, poet, born1588near, kendal, cumberlanddied1673, aged, catterick, richmondshirenationalityenglishoccupationpoetnotable, workdrunken, barnaby, four, journe. This article is about the poet For the philosopher see R B Braithwaite Richard Brathwait or Brathwaite 1588 4 May 1673 was an English poet Richard BrathwaitBorn1588near Kendal CumberlandDied1673 aged 84 85 Catterick RichmondshireNationalityEnglishOccupationPoetNotable workDrunken Barnaby s Four Journeys Contents 1 Life 2 Notes 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksLife editBrathwait was born at Burnishead near Kendal He entered Oriel College Oxford in 1604 and remained there for some years pursuing the study of poetry and Roman history He moved to Cambridge to study law at the university and afterwards to London to the Inns of Court His father Thomas died in 1610 and Brathwait went down to live on the estate he inherited 1 He was married 2 at Hurworth in County Durham 4 May 1617 to Frances daughter of James Lawson of Nesham Abbey In 1633 his wife died and in 1639 he married again His only son by this second marriage Sir Strafford Brathwait was killed at sea 1 Brathwait is believed to have served with the Royalist army in the Civil War nbsp Frontispiece to A Solemne Joviall Disputation 1617He was the author of many works of very unequal merit of which the best known is Drunken Barnaby s Four Journeys which records his pilgrimages through England in rhymed Latin said by Southey to be the best of modern times and doggerel English verse The English Gentleman 1631 and English Gentlewoman are in a much more decorous strain Other works are The Golden Fleece 1611 poems The Poet s Willow A Strappado for the Devil a satire and Art Asleepe Husband His 1613 book The Yong Mans Gleanings contains the first known use of the word computer he used the word to refer to an arithmetician 3 An extract from both Drunken Barnaby and his epitaph to Frances his wife appears in The Bishoprick Garland by Sir Cuthbert Sharp Notes edit a b nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Brathwait Richard Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed Cambridge University Press The Bishoprick Garland page 39 PDF Richard Braithwaite coined the phrase computer Centre for Computing History Retrieved 21 November 2020 References edit nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Cousin John William 1910 A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature London J M Dent amp Sons via Wikisource Further reading editBlack M W 1928 Richard Brathwaite an account of his life and works PhD thesis University of Pennsylvania Reed Barbara A 2000 Richard Brathwait a case study of publishing and conduct literature in seventeenth century England M A thesis Arizona State University Sanders Julie 2009 2004 Brathwaite Richard 1587 8 1673 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 3290 Subscription or UK public library membership required External links editRichard Brathwait at PoemHunter nbsp This article about an English poet is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on a songwriter is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Brathwait amp oldid 1197805544, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
