JOHN BARCLAY BIOGRAPHY
JOHN BARCLAY BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
BARCLAY, JOHN (1582-1621). —Satirist, s. of a Scotsman, who was Professor of Law at Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine, came with his f. to England about 1603. He wrote several works in English and Latin, among which are Euphormionis Satyricon , against the Jesuits, and Argenis , a political romance, resembling in certain respects the Arcadia of Sidney, and the Utopia of More.