Thomas Nashe

Thomas Nashe
A crudely printed, full-length picture of a standing man. He is in Elizabethan-style clothing and chains are around his ankles
Polemical woodcut deriding Nashe as jailbird. From Richard Lichfield's The Trimming of Thomas Nashe, Gentleman (1597)
BornBaptised 30 November 1567
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Diedc. 1601 (aged 33–34)
OccupationPlaywright, poet, satirist
NationalityEnglish
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Periodc. 1589–1599
Notable worksSummer's Last Will and Testament (1592)
Relatives
  • William Nashe, father
  • Margaret Nashe (née Witchingham), mother

Thomas Nashe (baptised 30 November 1567 – c. 1601; also Nash) was an Elizabethan playwright, poet, satirist and a significant pamphleteer.[1]: 5  He is known for his novel The Unfortunate Traveller,[2] his pamphlets including Pierce Penniless, and his numerous defences of the Church of England.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nicholl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ John O‘Connell (28 February 2008). "Sex and books: London's most erotic writers". Time Out. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Thomas Nashe Nashe, Thomas (Vol. 41) - Essay - eNotes.com".