Henry Bright was a clergyman and schoolmaster in Worcester. He served for 38 years Headmaster at The King's School, Worcester, and is mentioned by Thomas Fuller and Anthony Wood as an exceptional teac
Brockbury Hall in the parish of Colwall, Herefordshire
Wall monument to Henry Bright in Worcester Cathedral, with Latin epitaph by Joseph Hall, Dean of Worcester
Samuel Butler (poet)
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Samuel Butler was an English poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem titled Hudibras.
Henry Bright (schoolmaster, born 1562)
…John Beale , clergyman and scientific writer, in whom Bright helped develop an interest in Erasmus Samuel Butler, a poet and satirist, author of Hudibras John Doughtie, Canon of Westminster Abbey, buried in Westminster Abbey…
Portrait of Butler by Pieter Borsseler
Memorial to Butler, Westminster Abbey
Frontispiece and titlepage of a 1744 illustrated and annotated edition of Butler's Hudibras