Richard Busby

(1606-1695)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Busby, Richard, 1606-1695 DNB: Busby, Richard (1606-1695), schoolmaster LBT ID: RiBusby1695 VIAF ID: 10193135 LOC ID: n85053996	B/BAP: 1606-09-22 DIED: 1695-04-05
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The headmaster of Westminster School from 1640; among his pupils were Dryden and Locke.
REFERENCES TO Richard Busby: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch IX. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 24 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: to 1806 Found 1: ¶ 81 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1860) Chapter 13 Found 1: ¶ 114