Surname: Wither Forename(s): George b. 1588. d. 1667. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, satirist, and pamphleteer. Born c. June 1588. Educated at Magdalen College,
Oxford, but did not take a degree. Imprisoned for four months in 1614 for libel after
the publication of his satirical essays Abuses Stript and Whipt. Biographical information: ODNB. (SCM)