Person:John Dryden (26)

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John Dryden
b.9 Aug 1631
d.1 May 1700
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  1. John Dryden1631 - 1700
  2. Sir Erasmus Dryden, 6th Baronet1636 - 1718
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m. 1 Dec 1663
  1. Charles Dryden1666 - 1704
  2. John Dryden1668 - 1701
  3. Sir Erasmus Henry Dryden, 5th Baronet1669 - 1710
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Name John Dryden
Gender Male
Birth[1] 9 Aug 1631
Marriage 1 Dec 1663 to Elizabeth Howard
Death[1] 1 May 1700
Burial[1] Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Reference Number Q213355 (Wikidata)


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John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.

He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romanticist writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 John Dryden, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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