Robert Burton
/ˌrɒbət ˈbɜːtn/
/ˌrɑːbərt ˈbɜːrtn/
- (1577-1640) an English academic at Oxford University who is best known for writing The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), a study of depression, its history and effects
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Robert Burton