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John Dryden
1631 – 1700 · aged 69
17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)
- Born
- 1631 · Aldwincle
- Died
- 1700 · London
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- 1631BornBorn in Aldwincle
- 1668 – 1688RolePoet Laureate of the United Kingdom
- 1700DiedDied in London
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- 1642 – 1651English Civil War
Biography
John Dryden (19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. 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. Romantic writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".
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