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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| poet-priest George Herbert | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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
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Love (III) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Altar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Collar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pulley NERFINISHED ⓘ The Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
orator
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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
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pattern poem ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
devotional
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formally inventive ⓘ metaphysical conceits ⓘ |
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poet-priest George Herbert