John Milton

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civil servant essayist human intellectual pamphleteer poet political theorist writer

John Milton was a 17th-century English poet and intellectual best known for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" and his influential political and religious writings.

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instanceOf	civil servant ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ intellectual ⓘ pamphleteer ⓘ poet ⓘ political theorist ⓘ writer ⓘ
birthDate	1608-12-09 ⓘ
birthPlace	Kingdom of England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
causeOfDeath	kidney failure (probable) ⓘ
child	Anne Milton ⓘ Deborah Milton ⓘ Mary Milton ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate	1674-11-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	Kingdom of England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
educatedAt	Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ St Paul's School, London ⓘ
employer	English Commonwealth ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of England
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
familyName	Milton ⓘ
fullName	John Milton self-link ⓘ
genre	epic poetry ⓘ pamphlet ⓘ political prose ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
influenced	John Keats ⓘ John Milton Gregory ⓘ Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ T. S. Eliot ⓘ Thomas Hardy ⓘ William Blake ⓘ
influencedBy	Edmund Spenser ⓘ John Donne ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ Bible ⓘ surface form: the Bible
knownFor	advocacy of freedom of the press ⓘ Paradise Lost ⓘ surface form: epic poem Paradise Lost political writings defending republicanism ⓘ religious and theological writings ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ
movement	Puritanism ⓘ
notableWork	Areopagitica ⓘ Of Education ⓘ Paradise Lost ⓘ Paradise Regained ⓘ Samson Agonistes ⓘ The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates ⓘ
occupation	civil servant ⓘ poet ⓘ writer ⓘ
positionHeld	Secretary for Foreign Tongues ⓘ
religiousBelief	Protestantism ⓘ Puritan ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Minshull ⓘ Katherine Woodcock ⓘ Mary Powell ⓘ
workPeriod	17th century ⓘ

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William Wordsworth → influencedBy → John Milton ⓘ

Milton, Florida → namedFor → John Milton ⓘ

Christ's College, Cambridge → notableAlumnus → John Milton ⓘ

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