robert burton

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Definition of robert burton in English English dictionary

(1577-1640) British scholar and writer. He spent most of his life as a vicar at Oxford. His great Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) describes the kinds, causes, symptoms, and cures of melancholy in a lively, elegant, and sometimes humorous style; a mine of classical erudition and curious information, it is an index to the philosophical and psychological ideas of its time. His Latin comedy Philosophaster (1606) is a vivacious exposure of charlatanism

Hyphenation

Rob·ert Bur·ton

Turkish pronunciation

räbırt bırtın

Pronunciation

/ˈräbərt ˈbərtən/ /ˈrɑːbɜrt ˈbɜrtən/