Peter Hausted

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1605 – 1644

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Who was Peter Hausted?

Peter Hausted, Doctor of Divinity, was a "playwright, poet, preacher" in early 17th-century England. In his own time, he was notorious as a flamboyant preacher against Puritan and sectarian dissent in the Church of England, and was remembered for the riot that accompanied the 1632 debut of his play The Rival Friends.

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Born
1605
Oundle
Nationality
  • England
Education
  • Queens' College, Cambridge
Died
Jul 20, 1644

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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