Sir Thomas North (28 May 1535 – c. 1604) was an English translator, military officer, lawyer, and justice of the peace. His translation into English of Plutarch's Parallel Lives is notable for being the main source text used by William Shakespeare for his Roman plays. He was the second son of Edward North, the 1st Baron North, and brother to Roger North. He maintained a long literary career, spanning six decades, but likely faced financial difficulties later in life due to receiving little inheritance. It has recently been hypothesised that all of his published translations may have influenced the Shakespearean theatrical canon, and that he may himself have known William Shakespeare. (From Wikipedia)
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North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?, trans.: The Diall of Princes: Being Select Passages Now Set Forth With an Introduction and a Bibliography (London, P. Allan and Co., 1919), by Antonio de Guevara, ed. by Kenneth Newton Colvile- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?, trans.: The Morall Philosophie of Doni, Drawne Out of the Auncient Writers (aka the Fables of Bidpai, based on the Panchatantra; London: H. Denham, ca. 1570), ed. by Anton Francesco Doni (HML at EEBO TCP)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?, trans.: Plutarch's Life of Julius Caesar (edited for schools; London: Macmillan, 1915), by Plutarch, ed. by H. W. M. Parr
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?, trans.: Plutarch's Lives, Englished by Sir Thomas North (Temple Plutarch edition, in 10 volumes; London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1898-1924), by Plutarch, ed. by W. H. D. Rouse
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?, trans.: Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Englished by Sir Thomas North (6 volumes; London: D. Nutt, 1895-1896), by Plutarch, contrib. by George Wyndham
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?, trans.: Shakespeare's Plutarch (2 volumes; New York: Duffield and Co.; London: Chatto and Windus, 1909), by Plutarch, ed. by Tucker Brooke
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?, trans.: Shakespeare's Plutarch: Being a Selection From the Lives in North's Plutarch Which Illustrate Shakespeare's Plays (London : Macmillan and co., 1875), by Plutarch, ed. by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
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North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Antony and Cleopatra (Cassell & company, limited, 1889), also by William Shakespeare, Plutarch, and Henry Morley (page images at HathiTrust)- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: The earliest English version of the fables of Bidpai, "The morall philosophie of Doni" by Sir Thomas North (D. Nutt, 1888), also by Joseph Jacobs and Anton Francesco Doni (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Four chapters of North's Plutarch ; containing the lives of Caius Marcius Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Marcus Antonius and Marcus Brutus as sources to Shakespeare's tragedies Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and partly to Hamlet and Timon of Athens ... with ... notes comparing the text of the editions of 1579, 1595 and 1603 ... (Trübner, 1878), also by Plutarch and F. A. Leo (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Julius Caesar (Cassell & company, limited, 1889), also by William Shakespeare, Henry Morley, and Plutarch (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight (Imprinted at London : By Richard Field, 1602), also by Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. English. Selections Nepos and Simon Goulart (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Lives. (J.M. Dent, 1898), also by Plutarch and W.H.D. Rouse (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Lives. English. 1579 (Imprinted at London : By Thomas Vautroullier and Iohn VVight , 1579), also by Plutarch, Jacques Amyot, Donato Acciaiuoli, and Simon Goulart (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, (Printed by Richard Field, 1579), also by Plutarch, Simon Goulart, and Donato Acciaiuoli (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes (The Nonesuch press, 1929), also by Plutarch, T. L. Poulton, and Jacques Amyot (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes (printed at the Shakespeare Head press and pub. for the press by Houghton Mifflin company, Boston and New York, 1928), also by Plutarch, Cornelius Nepos, Simon Goulart, and Donato Acciaiuoli (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: The lives of the noble Grecians and Romans, compared together by that grave, learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarch of Chæronea: (Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and pub. for the press by B. Blackwell, Oxford, 1928), also by Plutarch, Roland Orvil Baughman, Simon Goulart, and Donato Acciaiuoli (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Plutarch's Coriolanus. (At the Clarendon Press, 1906), also by Plutarch, William Shakespeare, and R. H. Carr (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Plutarch's lives : a selection (At the University Press, 1921), also by Plutarch (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Plutarch's Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans (D. Nutt, 1895), also by Plutarch, Simon Goulart, Donato Acciaiuoli, and George Wyndham (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Plutarch's Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans. (AMS Press, 1967), also by Plutarch and Donato Acciaiuoli (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Plutarch's Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans. (J.M. Dent, 1898), also by Plutarch (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Relox de príncipes. English (London : Imprinted by Bernard Alsop, dwelling by Saint Annes Church neere Aldersgate, 1619), also by Antonio de Guevara, Anthony Munday, and Antonio de Guevara (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Shakespeare's Plutarch: (Duffield & Company;, 1909), also by Plutarch and Tucker Brooke (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Shakespeare's Plutarch; being a selection from the lives in North's Plutarch which illustrate Shakespeare's plays ([AMS Press], 1972), also by Plutarch and Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: Shakespeare's Plutarch; being a selection from the lives in North's Plutarch which illustrate Shakespeare's plays (Macmillan and co., 1875), also by Plutarch and Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
- North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?: William Shakespeare's Coriolanus (J. R. Smith, 1864), also by William Shakespeare, Plutarch, and F. A. Leo (page images at HathiTrust)
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