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Wotton, Sir Henry
poet, diplomatist, and writer on architecture; b. 21 March 1568; d. 5 December 1639.
The brilliant Elizabethan poet and diplomatist represented England in Venice for twenty years. On his return to England in 1524 he prepared a tract on architecture, The Elements of Architecture, collected by Henry Wotton, Knight, from the Best Authors and Examples. The book seems to have been first published in 1651 in the collection of Wotton's miscellaneous productions, with a sketch of his life by his friend Isaak Walton. It is based on Vitruvius and the old Italian writers. It has many quaint and interesting practical suggestions. A reprint was issued in 1901.
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