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George Sandys (2 Mar 1578 - Mar 1644)

English traveller, poet and translator, and treasurer of the Virginia Company. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/24651 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sandys Relevant locations: Birth place in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire
Educated at Middle Temple, Temple
Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) A Paraphrase upon the Divine Poems, by Geo. Sandys (Knt.) (viz. Job, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, &c. Fol 1638. Lond.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) The Idol Osiris. Anubis, the Sheep, the Beetle, the Dog, which the Ægyptians worshipped. Mr. Sandys.