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A student of Trinity College, Cambridge, he graduated Bachelor in 1571 and Master of Arts
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Abraham Hartwell
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Another Abraham Hartwell of the period was also an author, publishing Regina Literata in 1564, and the two have in the past been confused. In 1575, and was incorporated Master of Arts at Oxford in 1588. At Trinity College, Hartwell apparently attracted the notice of John Whitgift, who made him his secretary, reported in this capacity in 1584.
A notary public, he was Member of Parliament for East Looe in 1586 and Hindon in 1593.
Hartwell is recorded in 1587 as one of the proctors of the Archbishop of Canterbury"s Court of Audience. Hartwell met Richard Hakluyt, who urged him successfully to translate Odoardo Lopez"s account of Africa.
Hartwell later wrote that he did so "..to help our English Nation, that they might knowe and understand many things, which are common in other languages, but utterly concealed from this poore Island". He was buried at Lambeth on 17 December 1606.
