Degory Wheare

Degory Wheare
Born1573
Jacobstow, Cornwall
Died1 August 1647(1647-08-01) (aged 73–74)
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Resting placeExeter College Chapel, Oxford, Oxfordshire
OccupationCamden Professor of Ancient History

Degory Wheare, also spelt Digory Whear (the first name can be Latinized as Degoreus or Digoreus) (1573 – 1 August 1647) was a Cornish historian, the first Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford.

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