Thomas Campion [SEP] occupation
Thomas Campion
Thomas Campion (sometimes Campian; 12 February 1567 – 1 March 1620) was an English composer, poet, and physician. He wrote over a hundred lute songs, masques for dancing, and an authoritative technical treatise on music.
Life.
Campion was born in London, the son of John Campion, a clerk of the Court of Chancery, and Lucy (née Searle – daughter of Laurence Searle, one of the Queen's serjeants-at-arms). Upon the death of Campion's
was promoted to editor in 1948, recruited artists including Sep E. Scott, H. M. Brock, D. C. Eyles and Geoff Campion to draw them. The title lasted 1251 issues, from (cover dates) 4 March 1939 to 16 February 1963, absorbing "The Magnet" in 1940 and "Comic Cuts" in 1953, before being merged into "Valiant".
Other strips included:
- Battler Britton (1960–61, formerly featured in "Sun"; drawn by Geoff Campion)
- Buffalo Bill (1940