William Harrison

(1535-1593)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Harrison, William, 1534-1593 DNB: Harrison, William (1535–1593), historian and topographer LBT ID: WiHarri1593 VIAF ID: 30613815 LOC ID: n86079426	B/BAP: 1535-04-18 DIED: 1593-11-09
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Oxford-educated clergyman and antiquary whose Historicall Description of the Island of Britain was prefaced to Holinshed's Chronicles.
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY William Harrison: “Historicall Description of the Island of Britain” in The First and Second Volumes of Chronicles comprising 1 The Description and Historie of England, 2 The Description and Historie of Ireland, 3 The Description and Historie of Scotland. Found 1. Display Records