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VAUGHAN, WILLIAM (1577-1641)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 956 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VAUGHAN, See also:WILLIAM (1577-1641) , See also:English author and colonial See also:pioneer, son of See also:Walter Vaughan (d. 1598), was See also:born at See also:Golden See also:Grove, See also:Carmarthenshire, his See also:father's See also:estate, in 1577. He was descended from an See also:ancient See also:prince of Powys. His See also:brother, See also:John Vaughan (1572-1634), became 1st See also:earl of Carbery; and another brother, See also:General See also:Sir See also:Henry, or Harry Vaughan (1587-1659), was a well-known royalist See also:leader. William was educated at Jesus See also:College, See also:Oxford, and took the degree of LL.D. at See also:Vienna. In 1616 he bought a See also:grant of See also:land in the See also:south See also:coast of See also:Newfoundland, to which he sent two batches of settlers. In 1622 he visited the See also:settlement, which he called Cambriol, and returned to See also:England in 1625. Vaughan apparently paid another visit to his See also:colony, but his plans for its prosperity were foiled by the severe winters. He died at his See also:house of Torcoed, See also:Carmarthen-See also:shire, in See also:August 1641. His See also:chief See also:work is The Golden Grove (1600), a general See also:guide to morals, politics and literature, in which the See also:manners of the See also:time are severely criticized, plays being denounced as folly and wickedness. The See also:section in praise of See also:poetry borrows much from earlier writers on the subject. The Golden Fleece .

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Colchis . by See also:Orpheus jun., See also:alias Will Vaughan, which contains See also:information about Newfoundland. is the most interesting of his other See also:works.

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