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George Cavendish (1497 – c. 1562) was an English writer, best known as the biographer of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.
George Cavendish was an English courtier and writer who won a minor but lasting reputation through a single work, his Life of Cardinal Wolsey. This work is a landmark in the development of English biography, an important document to the student of Tudor history, and a rare source of information on.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
27 de mar. de 2021 · A contemporary biography of Thomas Wolsey, known for its detailed picture of early English court life and of political events in the 1520s. Formerly ascribed to the author's brother, Sir William Cavendish. First edition published in 1641 under title: The negotiations of Thomas Wolsey. Includes bibliographical references and index.
George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (31 March 1754 – 9 May 1834), styled Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was a British nobleman and politician. He built Burlington Arcade.
George Cavendish's 'The Life of Cardinal Wolsey' is a compelling biography that delves into the rise and fall of one of England's most powerful and influential figures...
In composing the work known as The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey, some twenty-five years after the last event it describes, George Cavendish was not motivated by the ambitions of a secular annalist or historian.
George Cavendish, erstwhile gentleman usher to Cardinal Wolsey, is celebrated for his Life of Wolsey, written during the reign of Queen Mary. His autograph manuscript still survives (*CvG 4).
