Biography of English authors.

John Donne

Born : between 24 January and 19 June 1572[1],London, England
Died : 31 March 1631 (aged 59),London
Occupation : Poet, Priest, Lawyer
Nationality : English
Alma mater : Cambridge University
Genres : Satire, Love poetry, Elegy, Sermons
Subjects : Love, sexuality, religion, death
Literary movement : Metaphysical Poetry
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Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban

Born : 22 January 1561(1561-01-22),Strand, London, England
Died : 9 April 1626(1626-04-09) (aged 65),Highgate, London, England
Era : The Scientific Revolution
Region : Western philosophy
School : Empiricism

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John Donne

Born : between 24 January and 19 June 1572[1]London, England
Died : 31 March 1631 (aged 59)London
Occupation : Poet, Priest, Lawyer
Nationality : English
Alma mater : Cambridge University
Genres : Satire, Love poetry, Elegy, Sermons
Subjects : Love, sexuality, religion, death
Literary movement: Metaphysical Poetry


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Andrew Marvell


Born : 31 March 1621(1621-03-31)Winestead, England
Died : 16 August 1678(1678-08-16) (aged 57)London, England
Occupation : Poet
Notable work(s) : "To His Coy Mistress", "The Garden", "An Horatian Ode"

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George Herbert

Born : 3 April 1593(1593-04-03)Montgomery, Wales
Died : 1 March 1633(1633-03-01) (aged 39)Bemerton, Wiltshire, England
Occupation :Poet, orator, priest


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John Milton


Born : 9 December 1608(1608-12-09)Bread Street, Cheapside, London, England
Died : 8 November 1674(1674-11-08) (aged 65)Bunhill, London, England
Occupation: Poet, prose polemicist, civil servant
Language : English (L1), Latin, French, German, Greek, Hebrew,Italian,Spanish,Aramaic, Syriac
Alma mater : Cambridge University

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Edmund Spenser.

Born :c.1552,London, England
Died :13 January 1599 (aged 46–47),London, England
Occupation : Poet

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