John Dryden

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Restoration dramatist essayist human literary critic playwright poet translator

John Dryden was a leading 17th-century English poet, playwright, and critic who became the dominant literary figure of the Restoration era and the first official Poet Laureate of England.

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John Dryden canonical	20

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instanceOf	Restoration dramatist ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ
appointedAsPoetLaureate	1668 ⓘ
burialPlace	Poets’ Corner ⓘ surface form: Poets' Corner Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
convertedTo	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1631-08-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1700-05-12 ⓘ
describedAs	dominant literary figure of the Restoration ⓘ
educatedAt	Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ Westminster School ⓘ
era	Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Restoration era
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
fullName	John Dryden self-link ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ poetry ⓘ satire ⓘ
influenced	Alexander Pope ⓘ Samuel Johnson ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Society ⓘ surface form: Royal Society of London
movement	Neoclassicism ⓘ Restoration theatre ⓘ surface form: Restoration literature
notableWork	Absalom and Achitophel ⓘ All for Love ⓘ Annus Mirabilis ⓘ Shah Jahan ⓘ surface form: Aureng-Zebe Essay of Dramatick Poesie ⓘ Mac Flecknoe ⓘ Marriage à la Mode ⓘ Religio Laici ⓘ The Conquest of Granada ⓘ The Hind and the Panther ⓘ The Indian Emperor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Aldwincle ⓘ Northamptonshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
positionHeld	Historiographer Royal ⓘ Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ
reignDuringLaureateship	Charles II of England ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Lady Elizabeth Howard ⓘ
translatedWork	Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ surface form: The Aeneid of Virgil Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ surface form: The Works of Virgil

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Restoration → notableWriter → John Dryden ⓘ

subject surface form: Restoration (England)

Alexander Pope → influencedBy → John Dryden ⓘ

Sir Walter Scott → influencedBy → John Dryden ⓘ

Dryden, Ontario → namedAfter → John Dryden ⓘ

Samuel Johnson → influencedBy → John Dryden ⓘ

Restoration theatre → notablePlaywright → John Dryden ⓘ

Dryden → namedAfter → John Dryden ⓘ

subject surface form: Dryden, New York

Francis Marbury → hasRelative → John Dryden ⓘ

Francis Marbury → notableRelative → John Dryden ⓘ

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom → firstHolder → John Dryden ⓘ

Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom → hasHolder → John Dryden ⓘ

John Dryden → fullName → John Dryden self-link ⓘ

Henry Fielding → influencedBy → John Dryden ⓘ

The Dunciad → influencedBy → John Dryden ⓘ

Windsor-Forest → influencedBy → John Dryden ⓘ

Juvenal → literaryInfluenceOn → John Dryden ⓘ

Court of Charles II of England → hasMember → John Dryden ⓘ

Sir William Trumbull → associatedWith → John Dryden ⓘ

A Dictionary of the English Language → usesQuotationsFrom → John Dryden ⓘ

Earl of Rochester → contemporaryOf → John Dryden ⓘ

subject surface form: John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester