| LC control no. | n 50026496 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR2284 PR2285 |
| Personal name heading | Harington, John, Sir, 1560-1612 |
| Variant(s) | Harrington, John, Sir, 1560-1612 Misacmos |
| Birth date | 1560 |
| Death date | 16121120 |
| Field of activity | Poetry Translating and interpreting |
| Profession or occupation | Courts and courtiers Poets Translators Inventors |
| Found in | His A tract on the succession to the crown, 1880. Ariosto, Lodovico. The landlord's tale, 2014?: title page (together with an earlier translation by Sir John Harington) page 7 (its first English translation was by Sir John Harington (c. 1561-1612) Wikipedia (English), October 21, 2015 (Sir John Harington (also spelled Harrington) (baptised 4 August 1560 - 20 November 1612), of Kelston, but baptised in London, was an English courtier, author and translator; also devised Britain's first flushing toilet - called the Ajax (i.e., a "jakes" - jakes being an old slang word for toilet; in 1596, he wrote a book called A New Discourse upon a Stale Subject: The Metamorphosis of Ajax about his invention, and published it under the pseudonym of Misacmos) |
| Associated language | eng |
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