RE: Three questions about John Dee

[Mark Parry <MParry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

	[Mark Parry]  All my books, with the exception of one, support a
1608 date although none of them are more specific.

	"The Diaries of John Dee" Edward Fenton give a dates of 26 Feb 1609.

	Mark

	 
> According to "John Dee's Conversations with Angels"
> by D. E. Harkness, Cambridge U. Press,  1999, p/217:
> 
> "Even the date of his death is now unclear.  While scholars
> have traditionally dated it as December 1608, Julian Roberts
> and Andrew Watson have supplied persuasive marginalia to
> support a later date of 26 March 1609".
> 
> She cites Roberts and Watson, p.60, which I have not seen.
> 
> 
> On Nov 27, 20:44, Rene Zandbergen asked:
> 
> 
> > 1) On which day in December 1608 did John Dee die?
> > 2) Do we know that we don't know the answer to question 1?
> > 3) Do you know anyone else (i.e. not on this list) who knows the answer
> >      to question 1 or 2?
> 
> 
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