Francis davison biography

Born in , Francis Davison was one of four children adopted by George and Joan Davison, millionaires by way of the Eastman Kodak Company....

Born – Died Born in London, Davison spent his childhood in Southern France with his adoptive family.

Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Davison, Francis

DAVISON, FRANCIS (fl. 1602), poet, eldest son of William Davison [q. v.], secretary of state to Queen Elizabeth, was born about 1575.

His mother was Catherine, only daughter of Francis Spelman, younger son of William Spelman, esq., of Norfolk.

Francis Davison was a British visual artist and painter.

Francis Davison was one of the most innovative and inventive artists to work in post-war England.

Born in , Francis Davison was one of four children adopted by George and Joan Davison, millionaires by way of the Eastman Kodak Company.

Francis Davison (c.

Francis Douglas Davison was born in London on 9 June , one of the four adopted children of George Davison (19 September –26 December ).

He was admitted in 1593 a member of Gray's Inn, and in December 1594 he was among the contributors to the Gray's Inn Masque, for which he wrote some speeches. In May 1595, accompanied by his tutor, Edward Smyth, he started on his travels.

The queen's license (dated 27 May 1595) permitting him to go abroad is preserved in ‘Harleian MS.’ 38, f. 188. In the following January Smyth wrote from Venice to Mr. Secretary Davison protesting that the allowance of ‘100l.

yearly for our expences’ was inadequate, and three weeks afterwards he sent another letter, in which he declared that his pupil was ‘not so easily ruled touching expences, about which we have had more brabblement