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John Milton

English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)

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John Milton was a male poet and polemicist born on 9 December 1608 and died on 8 November 1674. He wrote in English, Latin, and Italian. His notable works include *Paradise regain'd*, *Samson Agonistes*, and *Miscellaneous poems*. Other titles associated with him are *Considerations touching the likeliest means to remove hirelings out of the church* and *A new letter by John Milton*.

He is categorized under spoken word, epic, poetry, sublime, and English tags. Similar artists include William Shakespeare, John Keats, William Blake, William Wordsworth, and John Donne. His works are referenced by 3,052 other encyclopedia articles. He is listed in the Commons category "John Milton" and has a creator page and gallery under that name.

Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 9 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Europeana Sparql, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, VIAF, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born: 9 December 1608
Died: 8 November 1674
Works: 6238

Top works

L'allegro and Il penseroso
Poteri︠a︡nnyĭ raĭ ; Vozvrashchennyĭ raĭ
Paradise regained
Ens enska skálds, J. Miltons, Paradísar missir
Il paradiso perduto

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Brazil
Active from: 1942-10-26

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Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,602
Total plays: 31,602

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,297x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,514x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,878x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,530x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,118x

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1608–1674
Nationality: GB
Role / Field: Polemicist, Polemicists, Poets, Poetes, Poet, Poezja
Language: eng, lat, ita
Gender: Male

Recorded by 43 libraries

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Quotes

“What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones,The labor of an age in pilèd stones,Or that his hallowed relics should be hidUnder a star-y-pointing pyramid?Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?”
“And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie,That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.”
“How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!”
“Captain or Colonel, or Knight in Arms,Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize,If ever deed of honour did thee please,Guard them, and him within protect from harms.”
“The great Emathian conqueror bid spareThe house of Pindarus, when temple and towerWent to the ground.”
“Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: John
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
Place of birth: Cheapside
Place of death: St Luke's
Father: John Milton
Occupation: writer
Educated at: Jesus College
Languages spoken: Italian
Native language: English language
Religion: Anglicanism
Notable work: Areopagitica
Field of work: fiction
Image: John-milton.jpg
Residence: Chalfont St Giles

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has works in the collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
topic's main category: Category:John Milton
Commons category: John Milton
date of birth: 1608-12-09
date of death: 1674-11-08
medical condition: blindness
cause of death: kidney failure
Commons Creator page: John Milton
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
manner of death: natural causes
Commons gallery: John Milton
archives at: New York Public Library Main Branch
name in native language: John Milton
place of burial: St Giles-without-Cripplegate
ethnic group: English people
writing language: English language
P12749: Islam Karimov

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to John Milton, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

The works of the english poets

Samson [Música notada] :]an oratorio in score

Le paradis perdu.

Il Paradiso Perduto. Tradotto Da Lazaro Papi

The works historical, political and miscellaneous (etc.) to which is prefixed an account of his life and writings (by Thomas Birch).

Le paradis perdu, edition en Anglais et en Francais, ornee de douze estampes imprimees en couleur d'apres les tableaux de M. Schall

Paradis perdu traduit par Jacques Delille. Nouv. ed.

Jl paradise lost, poem translated by Paolo Rolli with annotations by G. Addison and some critical remarks.

Del paradiso perduto. Poema inglese di Giovanni Milton. Traduzione di Paolo Rolli

Il Paradiso perduto. Poema inglese di Giovanni Milton ... Tradotto in verso sciolto dal ... Paolo Rolli ... Con la vita del Poeta e con le annotazioni sopra tutto il Poema di G. Addison.

Il paradiso perduto tradotto da Lazzaro Papi. Edizione seconda

De doctrina christiana libri duo posthumi, quos ex schedis manuscriptis deprompsit et typis mandari primus curavit Carolus Ricardus Sumner

Paradise lost a poem in twelve books

Joannis Miltoni Angli defensio pro populo Anglicano contra Claudii Anonymi, alias Salmasii, defensionem regiam

Paradise lost a poem, in twelve books

Paradise Regain'd a poem, in four books

Le paradis perdu de Milton

Paradise Regain'd a poem, in four books, to which is added Samson agonistes and Poems upon several occasions

Paradise lost poem of Milton

The Poetical works of John Milton to which is prefixed the life of the author

The works of the english poets

Le paradis perdu de Milton

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Encyclopedic overview

John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan, and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden. Paradise Lost elevated Milton's reputation as one of history's greatest poets. He also served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell.

Milton achieved fame and recognition during his lifetime. His celebrated Areopagitica (1644) condemning pre-publication censorship as among history's most influential and impassioned defences of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. His desire for freedom extended beyond his philosophy and was reflected in his style, which included his introduction of new words to the English language, coined from Latin and Ancient Greek. He was the first modern writer to employ unrhymed verse outside the theatre or translations.

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