John Milton
(1608-1674)
English poet and civil servant
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John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse, and widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written.
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John Milton 9 December 1608 Bread Street, Cheapside, London
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8 November 1674 (aged 65) Bunhill, London, England
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