George Herbert

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George Herbert was a 17th-century Welsh-born English metaphysical poet and Anglican priest renowned for his deeply devotional, formally inventive religious poetry.

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poet-priest George Herbert 1

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instanceOf Anglican priest
human
poet
academicDegree Master of Arts
birthDate 1593-04-03
birthPlace Montgomery, Wales NERFINISHED
burialPlace Bemerton, Wiltshire NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1633-03-01
educatedAt Trinity College, Cambridge
Westminster School
ethnicOrigin Welsh
familyName Herbert NERFINISHED
father Richard Herbert NERFINISHED
genre devotional poetry
religious poetry
givenName George NERFINISHED
influenced Henry Vaughan NERFINISHED
R. S. Thomas NERFINISHED
Richard Crashaw NERFINISHED
T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED
influencedBy Christian theology NERFINISHED
John Donne NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Church of England clergy NERFINISHED
mother Magdalen Herbert NERFINISHED
movement Metaphysical poetry NERFINISHED
name George Herbert NERFINISHED
notableWork Easter Wings NERFINISHED
Love (III) NERFINISHED
The Altar NERFINISHED
The Collar NERFINISHED
The Pulley NERFINISHED
The Temple NERFINISHED
occupation orator
poet
priest
positionHeld Public Orator of the University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
Rector of Bemerton
religion Anglicanism
sibling Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury NERFINISHED
spouse Jane Danvers NERFINISHED
usedForm lyric poetry
pattern poem
writingStyle devotional
formally inventive
metaphysical conceits

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Bemerton associatedWithOccupation George Herbert
this entity surface form: poet-priest George Herbert
Izaak Walton closeFriend George Herbert
Bemerton hasHeritageAssociationWith George Herbert
Bemerton hasHistoricalFigureAsRector George Herbert
John Donne influenced George Herbert
Andrew Marvell influencedBy George Herbert
Herbert family notableMember George Herbert
Hodie textAuthor George Herbert