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Edward Herbert


Born
Eyton-on-Severn, near Wroxeter, Shropshire, England
Died
August 05, 1648

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Edward^^Herbert

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury KB (1583 - 1648) was an English soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher.

He studied multiple languages and disciplines at University College, Oxford, and began his political career in Parliament, representing the Welsh counties Montgomeryshire and Merioneth.

As a soldier, Herbert distinguished himself in the Low Countries, serving under the Prince of Orange. His diplomatic career was most active in Paris, where he aimed to arrange a marriage between Charles, Prince of Wales, and Henrietta Maria, which took place in 1625.

Herbert was granted an Irish peerage as the Baron Herbert of Castle Island in 1624, followed by an English barony in 1629. During the English Ci
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The Poems of Lord Herbert o...

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De Veritate (17th & 18th Ce...

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Pagan Religion: A Translati...

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The Autobiography of Edward...

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Occasional verses, 1665

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Autobiography [and] The His...

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Die Religionsphilosophie de...

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Lives of Lord Herbert of Ch...

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A Short Account of the Auth...

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“He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.”
Edward Herbert

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