    henry vaughan (17 april 1621 â 23 april 1695) was a welsh author, physician and metaphysical poet. vaughan and his twin brother, the hermetic philosopher and alchemist thomas vaughan, were the sons of thomas vaughan and his wife denise (nÃ©e morgan)powys literary links â henry vaughan bbc mid wales, 3 january 2006 of 'trenewydd', newton, in brecknockshire, wales. their grandfather, william, was the owner of tretower court.vaughan family, of tretower court in welsh biography online, at national library of wales. william vaughan's children included thomas vaughan (d. 1658), who m. the heiress of newton in llansantffraed; henry vaughan the silurist (q.v.) and thomas vaughan (q.v.) were their sons. vaughan spent most of his life in the village of llansantffraed, near brecon, where he is also buried. == early life == henry vaughan was born at newton by usk in the parish of llansanffraid (st. bridget's), brecknockshire, the eldest known child of thomas vaughan (ca.1586â1658) of tretower, and denise jenkin (ca.1593) only daughter and heir of david and gwenllian morgan, of llansanffraid. vaughan was the elder of twins; his brother was thomas vaughan. "the poet's own testimony is precise about the year of his birth, but there is no evidence about the month and day" (hutchinson,1947, p.&nbsp;14, citing martin's first edition, p.&nbsp;667) thomas (1621â1666) was also an author, under the pseudonym eugenius philalethes. vaughan could claim kinship with two powerful welsh families, one catholic and one protestant. his paternal grandmother, frances, was the natural daughter of thomas somerset, who spent some twenty-four years in the tower of london for his adherence to catholicism as she survived into vaughan's boyhood, there may have been some direct catholic
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