William Camden | |
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 William Camden | |
| Born | 2 May 1551 London, England |
| Died | 9 November 1623 (aged 72) Chislehurst, England |
| Occupation | Antiquarian, historian, topographer |
William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland that relates landscape, geography, antiquarianism, and history, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England.