
Poetry Of Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne was born in Herfordshire, the son of a shoemaker. He was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and Brasenose College, Oxford. After graduating in 1656 he took holy orders and for ten years was a parish priest in Credenhill, near Hereford. In 1667 he moved to become minister at Teddington and was the private chaplain to Sir Orlando Bridgeman, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal to...
Thomas Traherne was born in Herfordshire, the son of a shoemaker. He was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and Brasenose College, Oxford. After graduating in 1656 he took holy orders and for ten years was a parish priest in Credenhill, near Hereford. In 1667 he moved to become minister at Teddington and was the private chaplain to Sir Orlando Bridgeman, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal to...