Author talk:Henry Birkhead
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Birkhead, Henry s. John, of London, gent. Trinity Coll., matric. 4 July, 1634, aged 16, B.A. 11 Feb., 1636-7; fellow All Souls' Coll. 1638-57, M.A. 5 June, 1641, D.Med. (disp.) 25 April, 1653, 'Latin poet,' the professorship of poetry was founded in 1708 from his bequest; registrary of the diocese of Norwich resigned 1681, had a chamber in the Middle Temple, but does not appear to have been a member of an Inn of Court, much less a barrister, died on Michaelmas Eve 1696, buried in St. Margaret's, Westminster. See Ath., iv. 573; Burrows; & D.N.B.