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Arthur Hall

1539–1605

Nationality
Kingdom of England
Occupation
translator

Arthur Hall (1539–1605) was an English Member of Parliament, courtier and translator.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Fleet Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Arthur Hall (1539–1605) was an English Member of Parliament, courtier and translator. According to J. E. Neale a "reprobate", who gained notoriety by his excesses, he was several times in serious trouble with Parliament itself, and among the accusations in a privilege case was his attitude to Magna Carta. What were his incidental attacks on the antiquity of the institution were taken seriously, a generation later, by Sir Edward Coke, as undermining Parliament by "derogation". He produced the first substantial translation of the Iliad into English.

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