Thomas Dekker (writer)

Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker lying in bed, from the title page of Dekker his Dreame (1620)
Bornc. 1572
London, England
Died25 August 1632 (aged 60)
London, England
OccupationWriter

Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 – 25 August 1632) was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer, whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period's most famous dramatists.