birth_date: 1631-08-19 00:00:00
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name: John Dryden
about: Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.John Dryden (19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.John Dryden (19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." ...more
death_date: 1700-05-12 00:00:00