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Philemon Holland
Philemon Holland (1552 – 9 February 1637) was an English schoolmaster, physician and translator. He is known for the first English translations of several works by Livy, Pliny the Elder, and Plutarch, and also for translating William Camden's "Britannia" into English.
Family.
Philemon Holland, born at Chelmsford, Essex, in 1552, was the son of John Holland (died 1578), a member of the same Norfolk family as Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet (1603–1701).
Coventry. By P. Holland ... Together with a Sermon ... By S. Buggs, etc. (London: Printed by J. Dawson for J. Bellamie, 1622) Retrieved 17 March 2013
- Philemon Holland in "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21)", Volume IV Retrieved 16 March 2013
- Culhane, Peter, 'Philemon Holland's Livy: Peritexts and Contexts' in "Translation and Literature", Vol. 13, No. 2, Edinburgh University Press, (Autumn,