John Dryden (1667/8–1701) was an English 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 of the United Kingdom, Poet Laureate.
He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration (En ...
(1631–1700) and was educated at
Westminster School
Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the Norman Conquest, as do ...
and
University College, Oxford
University College, formally The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University commonly called University College in the University of Oxford and colloquially referred to as "Univ", is a Colleges of the University of Oxf ...
. He translated
Juvenal
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ; 55–128), was a Roman poet. He is the author of the '' Satires'', a collection of satirical poems. The details of Juvenal's life are unclear, but references in his works to people f ...
's fourteenth satire, and wrote one comedy.
Biography
John Dryden, born in
Charlton, London, 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
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...
to
Westminster School
Westminster School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey. It descends from a charity school founded by Westminster Benedictines before the Norman Conquest, as do ...
, 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
Rome
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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, satirist, poet, and Whig politician. He spent most of his career between London and Dublin, and was noted for his highly polished style of writing, being regard ...
. An account of a tour in Italy and
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
, made by Dryden in 1700 in company with a Mr. Cecil, was published in 1776. Dryden 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 male writers
17th-century English writers
English male writers
People educated at Westminster School, London
People from Charlton, London
Writers from London
John Dryden
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
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