Thomas Stanley ( 1625 - 1678 )

Birth: Cumberlow Green, Hertfordshire, England, Europe (September 1625) Death: Suffolk Street, Strand, London, England, Europe (12 April 1678) Burial: St Martin in-the-Fields, London Occupation: Poet; translator Education: Pembroke College, Cambridge (matriculated 1639); Incorporated as MA at Oxford (1640) Career: Travelled in France (1642-1646); published 'Poems and Translations' (1647) and a revised and expanded verion 'Poems, by Thomas Stanley Esquire' (1651); published first English translation of 'Anacreontea' (1651); published three volumes of 'History of Philosophy' (1655; 1656; 1660); published an edition of the plays of Aeschylus (1663); patron to many poets and translators in 1650s and 1660s Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Committee appointments include: Committee for the Histories of Trades (1664).