birth_date: 1647-04-01 00:00:00
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name: John Wilmot
about: See John Wilmot Rochester for pseudonymous works by the Russian spiritualist V.I. Kryzhanovskaya.John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry.He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts. He married an heiress, Elizabeth Malet, but had many mistresses, including the actress Elizabeth Barry and drank himself to death at the tender age of 33. See John Wilmot Rochester for pseudonymous works by the Russian spiritualist V.I. Kryzhanovskaya.John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry.He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts. He married an heiress, Elizabeth Malet, but had many mistresses, including the actress Elizabeth Barry and drank himself to death at the tender age of 33. ...more
death_date: 1680-07-26 00:00:00