George Cavendish (writer)

George Cavendish
George Cavendish
Born	1497
Died	1562
Occupation	Writer
Notable works	biography of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

George Cavendish (1497 – c. 1562) was an English writer, best known as the biographer of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.^[1] 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.^[2]

^ Pincombe, Mike (30 January 2012). "George Cavendish". In Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.; Alan Stewart; Rebecca Lemon; Nicholas McDowell; Jennifer Richards (eds.). The Encyclopedia of English Renaissance Literature. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 158–59. ISBN 978-1-4051-9449-5.
^ Creighton, Mandell (1887). "Cavendish, George" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[Jr.Stewart2012-1] Pincombe, Mike (30 January 2012). "George Cavendish". In Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.; Alan Stewart; Rebecca Lemon; Nicholas McDowell; Jennifer Richards (eds.). The Encyclopedia of English Renaissance Literature. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 158–59. ISBN 978-1-4051-9449-5.

[oxforddnb-2] Creighton, Mandell (1887). "Cavendish, George" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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