Edmund Spenser

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Milestones

Probably 1552

ES , poet and colonial administrator in Ireland, was born in London, one of several children.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

13 January 1599

ES , poet, died in King Street, Westminster, London. Ben Jonson 's claim that he starved to death has not generally been believed.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

Biography

Birth and Background

Probably 1552

ES , poet and colonial administrator in Ireland, was born in London, one of several children.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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