John Dryden (1667/8–1701) was a writer. He was the second son of the poet

John Dryden '' John Dryden (; – ) 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 per ...

(1631–1700) and was educated at Westminster and

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. He translated

Juvenal Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ), was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century CE. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the '' Satires''. The details of Juvenal's life ...

's fourteenth satire, and wrote one comedy.

Biography

John Dryden, born in Charlton in 1667 or 1668, was the second son of John Dryden the poet, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (8 October 1587 – 16 July 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1605 and 1622. He was created Earl of Berkshire in 1626. Life Howard was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, ...

. He followed his elder brother Charles to

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, and was elected to Christ Church in 1685. His father preferred to place him under the care of Obadiah Walker, the Roman Catholic master of University College. Dryden went to

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with his elder brother. He translated the fourteenth satire of Juvenal for his father's version, and wrote the comedy ''Husband his own Cuckold'', performed in 1696, with a prologue by his father, and an epilogue by

William Congreve William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on the comedy of manners style of that period. He was also a mi ...

. An account of a tour in Italy and

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, made by him in 1700 in company with a Mr. Cecil, was published in 1776. He died in Rome on 28 January 1701.

References

* (The referenced article is about the elder Dryden. It contains a sub-article about the son.) 1660s births 1701 deaths 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers People educated at Westminster School, London People from Charlton, London Writers from London English male writers {{England-writer-stub