Burton, Robert

1577 - Born at Lindley, Leicestershire on the 8th of February.

1616 - He was appointed vicar of St. Thomas Church in Oxford.

1621 - The work, published under the pseudonym Democritus Junior.

1630 - He was also made the rector of Segrave, Leicester.

         - He wrote The Anatomy of Melancholy largely to write himself out of being a lifelong sufferer from depression.

1640 - Died on the 25th of January.