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Henry Peacham (born 1578, d. in or after 1644) was a poet and writer, known today primarily for his book, ''The Compleat Gentleman'', first printed in 1622. The son of Henry Peacham the Elder, like his father Peacham was a graduate of the University of Cambridge. In 1603, at the age of twenty-five the younger Peacham was a schoolmaster at Kimbolton Grammar School. In 1612 he published a book of printed emblems called ''Minerva Britanna'', based on a manuscript which is believed to have been presented to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1610.〔Elizabeth Hageman, Katherine Conway, ''Resurrecting Elizabeth I in Seventeenth-century England'' (2007), p. 73〕 Peacham's ''The Compleat Gentleman'' is presented as a guidebook on the arts for young men of good birth. In it, he discusses what writers, poets, composers, philosophers, and artists gentlemen should study in order to become well-educated. Because he mentions a large number of contemporary artistic figures, he is often cited as a primary source in studies of Renaissance artists. A representative passage from ''The Compleat Gentleman'': :"For composition, I prefer next Ludovico de Victoria, a most judicious and a sweet composer: after him Orlando di Lasso, a very rare and excellent Author, who lived some forty years since in the court of the Duke of Bavier." ==Further reading== *Edward Chaney, ''The Evolution of English Collecting'' (New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2003) *John Horden, "Peacham, Henry (b. 1578, d. in or after 1644)," ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004 *Alan R. Young, ''Henry Peacham'', Boston: Twayne, 1979. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Peacham (born 1578)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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