John Milton

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Milestones

9 December 1608

JM , poet and political theorist, was born in Bread Street, Cheapside, London, the third child in his family.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Probably 8 November 1674

JM , poet and antimonarchist theorist, died after years of blindness and political defeat, at his home in Artillery Walk (now Bunhill Row) in London, probably of kidney failure caused by gout.
Johnson, Samuel. The Lives of the Poets. Editor Lonsdale, Roger, Clarendon Press.
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Biography

Birth and Family

9 December 1608

JM , poet and political theorist, was born in Bread Street, Cheapside, London, the third child in his family.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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