Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia: Southwell, Robert: Very brief biography.Columbia Encyclopedia: Southwell, Robert: Brief biographical entry.Robert Southwell: Fairly lengthy essay on his life and writings. From The Cambridge History of British and American Literature.Robert Southwell (1561-1595): Biographical and historical information, links to online texts, essays and criticism and further Internet resources. At luminarium.org.Robert Southwell, SJ: Biography.Venerable Robert Southwell: Biography of the English poet, Jesuit, and martyr. He was hanged in 1595. Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.