John Keats was an English poet and literary critic.
John Keats, English poet, was born in London, England, on 29 or 31 Oct. 1795. He died of tuberculosis in Italy on 23 Feb. 1821.
In 1810, Keats was articled to a surgeon, T. Hammond, in Edmonton for five years. The contract was broken in 1814 or 1815. He then continued his study of surgery in London, entering Guy's Hospital on 2 Oct. 1815. In 1816, Keats became a dresser at Guy's and on 25 July 1816 passed his licentiate at Apothecaries' Hall. During the winter of 1816-1817, he turned his attention to poetry and abandoned medicine.
John Keats (1795-1821) was one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement.