| | | | | Milton, John (1608-74)
The famous English poet (1608-74) and author of 'Comus' (1633), 'On the Morning of Christs Nativity' (1645), 'Paradise Lost' (1667), 'Paradise Regained' (1671) and 'Samson Agonistes' (1671).
Milton was born in London, son of a scrivener and composer of motets, madrigals, and melodies, also named John Milton, who was disinherited because of his conversion to Protestantism while at Oxford. His mother was Sarah Caston, and he had two siblings, Anna and Christopher.
Educated at Christ's College in Cambridge, Milton wrote his first poem in 1626, inspired by the death of his sister's first child ('On the Death of a Fair Infant'). His first work of consequence ('Comus') was written and enacted in 1634. He is considered one of the greatest poets of the English language.
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