John Milton
John Milton
Portrait of Milton, circa 1629
Lit.West
Featured Today
Lit.West
André Gide Lit.West
Henri Poincaré Science
Elio Vittorini Lit.West
Max Bruch Music.West
Henry Roscoe Science
an English poet and intellectual. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667).
Born
9 December 1608 Bread Street, Cheapside, London, England
Died
8 November 1674 (aged 65) Bunhill, London, England
Alma mater
Christ's College, Cambridge
Occupation
Poet Intellectual Civil Servant
Spouse(s)
Mary Powell ( m. 1642 ; died 1652 ) Katherine Woodcock ( m. 1656 ; died 1658 ) Elizabeth Mynshull ( m. 1663 )
adultbasic
Britain
Children
5
era
1600-1800
Language
English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Italian, Old English, Dutch, Aramaic, Syriac
Notable works
Paradise Lost Areopagitica Lycidas
Resting place
St Giles-without-Cripplegate