WRITER

John Dryden

1631 - 1700

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John Dryden (; 19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dryden has received more than 1,910,801 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). John Dryden is the 1,243rd most popular writer (up from 1,378th in 2019), the 926th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,090th in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Writer.

John Dryden is most famous for being a poet, critic, and dramatist. He is also well known for his translation of Virgil's Aeneid.

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  • 67

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  • 6.20

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Notable Works

Oedipus
1679
All for love
1692
The works of John Dryden
1808
Marriage a-la-mode
1673
Aureng-Zebe
1676
Poems
1784
All for Love
British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, History
1678
The Tempest or The Enchanted Island
Drama, Fathers and daughters, Magicians
Adaptation of [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W).
1670
Poems
Criticism and interpretation, English poetry, Drama
1784
The works of John Dryden
English literature, Littérature médiévale, History and criticism
1808
Oedipus
Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythology)
1679
The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato; Golden Sayings of Epictetus; Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
1907

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Dryden ranks 1,243 out of 7,302. Before him are Radoje Domanović, Andrei Platonov, Shammai, Vittorio Alfieri, Yosa Buson, and Salawat Yulayev. After him are Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Al-Khansa, Publilius Syrus, Arthur Hailey, Samuel Pepys, and Symeon the New Theologian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1631, John Dryden ranks 4. Before him are Isaac Barrow, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, and François Vatel. After him are Al-Rashid of Morocco, Abraham Brueghel, Pierre Beauchamp, Anne Conway, Marco d'Aviano, Selim I Giray, Flavio Chigi, and Stanislaus Papczyński. Among people deceased in 1700, John Dryden ranks 4. Before him are Charles II of Spain, Pope Innocent XII, and André Le Nôtre. After him are Do-Aklin, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Louis Jolliet, Rajaram I, and Silvestro Valier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Dryden ranks 926 out of 8,785. Before him are Bob Klose (1945), David Irving (1938), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), Thomas Tallis (1502), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), and Terence Stamp (1938). After him are Alan Hodgkin (1914), Arthur Hailey (1920), Karl Jenkins (1944), Samuel Pepys (1633), John Harvard (1607), and Carol Reed (1906).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Dryden ranks 110. Before him are Edmund Spenser (1552), Samuel Butler (1612), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), James Anderson (1680), and David Irving (1938). After him are Arthur Hailey (1920), Samuel Pepys (1633), Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Thomas Chatterton (1752), and Alma Reville (1899).

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