Abraham Cowley (1618 – 1667) Born in London Studied in Westminister School and University of Chambridge. Began to study medicine and became an MD in…
Sir John Denham (1615 – 1669) Works: A Letter Sent to William Laud (1641) The Sophy (1641) Coopers Hill (1642) Mr. Hampton’s Speech (1643) Second…
William Davenant (606-1668) Born at crown Inn, Oxford in 1606. Works: Plays, masques, Operas the tragedy of Albovine (1629) His first play King of the…
Edmund Waller (1606-1687) Born in Coleshill, Hertfordshire. Made the Comissioner of Trade. Studied in Eton College Chambridge. Waller is considered to be a pioneer who…
John Milton (1608-1674) was born in London in 1608 Studied at Paul’s School at Cambridge. Was known as The Lady of Christ’s during his Cambridge…
Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) Born in Winestead-in-Holderness, east Riding of Yorkshire. Educated from Trinity College, Cam,bridge In 1650 became the tutor of 20-year-old Mary Fairfax (later…
Henry Vaughan (1621-1695) Born in 1621 in Wales Works: Olor Iscanus: A Collection of Some Select Poems, and Translations (1651) The Mount of Olives: Or,…
Richard Crashaw (1613 – 1649) A Catholic who fled to France during the Civil War and spent his life in exile at Little Gidding and…
George Herbert (1593-1633) Born in Montgomery, Wales, in 1593. His mother Magdalen Newport was Patron to John Donne, Who dedicated his Holy Sonnets to her…
Richard Lovelace (1618 – 1657) Was born at Woolwich, London in 1618 Educated at charterhouse School and at gloucester hall, Oxford. Died in poverty in…