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Sir
Thomas Hoby (
1530 -
1566) was an
English diplomat and translator.
He was probably born at
Leominster in
Herefordshire and educated at
St John's College, Cambridge. He translated
Martin Bucer's
Gratulation to the Church of England, and
Baldassare Castiglione's
Il Cortegiano. The latter translation of
The Courtier, entitled
The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio, had great popularity and was one of the key books of the
English Renaissance. It provided a philosophy of life for the
Elizabethan era gentleman. A reading of its pages fitted him for the full assimilation of the elaborate refinements of the new Renaissance society. It furnished his imagination with the symbol of a completely developed individual, an individual who united ethical theory with spontaneity and richness of character.
Hoby was the husband of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Anthony Cooke, a sister-in-law of
Lord Burghley and great friend of Queen
Elizabeth I. The two were resident at
Bisham Abbey in
Berkshire, but Hoby died in
Paris during his assignment as an
Ambassador to the court of
Charles IX of France.
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