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John Milton

1608 - 1674

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John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan, and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden. Paradise Lost elevated Milton's reputation as one of history's greatest poets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Milton is the 177th most popular writer (up from 243rd in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 174th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Writer.

John Milton is most famous for his epic poem Paradise Lost.

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Among writers, John Milton ranks 177 out of 7,302. Before him are Pindar, Nicolas Flamel, André Breton, Wisława Szymborska, William Faulkner, and Anna Wintour. After him are Charlotte Brontë, Nizami Ganjavi, Stéphane Mallarmé, Fernando Pessoa, Al-Masudi, and Mikhail Bulgakov.

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Among people born in 1608, John Milton ranks 2. Before him is Evangelista Torricelli. After him are Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Tukaram, Ivan Vyhovsky, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, António Vieira, Eudoxia Streshneva, and Pieter Post. Among people deceased in 1674, John Milton ranks 1. After him are Hyeonjong of Joseon, Philippe de Champaigne, Giacomo Carissimi, Nicolaes Tulp, Jan Lievens, Jean Chapelain, Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, John Graunt, Leonaert Bramer, Hallgrímur Pétursson, and Gerbrand van den Eeckhout.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Milton ranks 159 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Andrews (1873), Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930), Neville Chamberlain (1869), Liam Neeson (1952), Anna Wintour (1949), and Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948). After him are Charlotte Brontë (1816), Arthur Henderson (1863), John Macleod (1876), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), and Brian Johnson (1947).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Milton ranks 19. Before him are Emily Brontë (1818), Mary Shelley (1797), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850), Walter Scott (1771), and Anna Wintour (1949). After him are Charlotte Brontë (1816), Geoffrey Chaucer (1343), Aldous Huxley (1894), Terry Pratchett (1948), William Blake (1757), and W. H. Auden (1907).

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