Dryden, John, 1631-1700

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Dates:
Birth 1631-08-09
Death 1700-05-01
Britons,
English,

Biographical notes:

John Dryden, 1631-1700, was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England.

From the description of John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 147971227

From the guide to the John Dryden Letter to Elizabeth Steward, 1698-1699, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)

Epithet: poet and dramatist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00000f

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Subjects:

  • Arthurian romances
  • Copyright
  • English drama
  • English drama
  • Elegiac poetry, English
  • English poetry
  • Fall of man
  • Gomez (Fictitious character)
  • Jacobite Rebellion, 1715
  • Letters
  • Operas
  • Play
  • Poetry
  • Poets laureate
  • School discipline
  • Songs

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Places:

  • Chirk Castle, Denbighshire (as recorded)
  • Witney, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
  • Ramillies, Brabant (as recorded)
  • Dorset, England (as recorded)
  • Tunbridge, Kent (as recorded)
  • Oxford, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
  • Hemel Hampstead, Hertfordshire (as recorded)
  • Gateshead, Durham (as recorded)
  • Strawberry Hill, Twickenham (as recorded)
  • Venice, Republic of, Europe (as recorded)
  • Paul, Cornwall (as recorded)
  • Holland, the Netherlands (as recorded)
  • Kent, England (as recorded)
  • Flanders, Belgium (as recorded)
  • Loretto, Italy (as recorded)
  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Barnet, Hertfordshire (as recorded)
  • Athlone, Westmeath (as recorded)
  • St. Malo, France (as recorded)
  • Lille, Nord (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Florence, Italy (as recorded)
  • Strasburg, France (as recorded)
  • Jamaica, Central America (as recorded)
  • Dulwich, Surrey (as recorded)
  • Hounslow Heath, Middlesex (as recorded)
  • Philippsburg, on the Rhine, Germany (as recorded)
  • Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
  • Darien, Panama (as recorded)
  • Paris, France (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Venice, Italy (as recorded)
  • Chelsea, Middlesex (as recorded)
  • St. Just, Cornwall (as recorded)
  • El Escorial, Spain (as recorded)
  • Gloucestershire, England (as recorded)
  • Algiers, Africa (as recorded)
  • Woodstock, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
  • Southampton, Hampshire (as recorded)
  • Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
  • Tunbridge Wells, counties Kent and Sussex (as recorded)