John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse
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Oct 25, 2024 ˇ John Milton, English poet, pamphleteer, and historian, considered the most significant English author after William Shakespeare.
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, religious thinker, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth Government.
John Milton
Former Secretary for Foreign Tongues to the Commonwealth Council of State
J. R. Milton was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and at Balliol College, Oxford. He taught at Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, and at King's College London, where he was Professor of the History of Philosophy until... Google Books
Born: December 9, 1608, Bread Street, London, United Kingdom
Died: November 8, 1674 (age 65 years), Bunhill Row, London, United Kingdom
Influenced by: William Shakespeare, John Donne, Dante Alighieri, and more
Spouse: Elizabeth Mynshull (m. 1662–1674), Katherine Woodcock (m. 1656–1658), and Mary Powell (m. 1642–1652)
Education: Christ's College Cambridge, University of Cambridge, and St Paul's Juniors
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John Milton's career as a writer of prose and poetry spans three distinct eras: Stuart England; the Civil War (1642-1648) and Interregnum.
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell.
John Milton was born in London on December 9, 1608, into a middle-class family. He was educated at St. Paul's School, then at Christ's College, Cambridge.
May 26, 2008 ˇ Sometime in 1638, John Milton visited Galileo Galilei in Florence. The great astronomer was old and blind and under house arrest, ...
Follow John Milton and explore their bibliography from Amazon.com's John Milton Author Page.
Oct 8, 2024 ˇ Write an epic poem in the style of John Milton (think: Paradise Lost) about Hurricane Milton heading toward Florida.
John Milton grew up in colonial America – then ruled by English kings across the Atlantic Ocean – having been born around 1740 in Halifax County, North Carolina ...