Data di nascita: 19 Agosto 1631
Data di morte: 12 Maggio 1700
In: Abbazia di Westminster, Deans Yd, Londra, Regno Unito

Storia:

He was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668.
He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.
Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".

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