Simplify the following text for a Grade 3 native English-speaking person.
Original: Richard Hakluyt ( , , or ) ( c. 1552 or 1553 â `` 23 November 1616 ) was an English writer .
Simplified: Richard Hakluyt ( , or \/ Ë hÃ kÉ lwÉ t \/ ) ( c. 1552 or 1553 â `` 23 November 1616 ) was an English writer .