George Cavendish (writer)
George Cavendish (1497 – c. 1562) was an English writer, best known as the biographer of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. His Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe is described by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as the "most important single contemporary source for Wolsey's life" which also offers a "detailed picture of early sixteenth-century court life and of political events in the 1520s, particularly the divorce proceedings against Catherine of Aragon.
George Cavendish | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1497 |
| Died | 1562 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable works | biography of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey |
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