John Pory | |
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Born | 1572 England |
Died | 1636 (aged 63–64) England |
Occupation | Government administrator, traveller, author, journalist |
Period | 1600–1636 |
Subject | Exploration, geography, travel |
John Pory (1572–1636) was an English politician, administrator, traveller and author of the Jacobean and Caroline eras;[1] the skilled linguist may have been the first news correspondent in English-language journalism. As the first Speaker of the Virginia General Assembly, Pory established parliamentary procedures for that legislative body still in use today (although members now elect their Speaker).