Ancestry of
John Dryden
England's First Poet Laureate
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Erasmus Dryden
- Mother:
- Mary Pickering
- Birth Date:
- 19 Aug 1631
- Birth Location:
- Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, England
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 12 May 1700
- Death Location:
- London, England
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
- Notes:
English poet, playwright, and literary critic
England's first Poet Laureate
John Dryden
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Marriages for John Dryden
- Spouse:
- Elizabeth Howard
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Sources for John Dryden
- 1 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/18/2020).
- 2 Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc, Series 10, Vol 5, Jan-Jun 1906, London: Office (1906), 82-84.
- 3 Church Monuments Society, "John Dryden, Poet Laureate (D. 1700)", (accessed 04/18/2020).
- 4 Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 219.
- 5 Ward, Charles E., The Life of John Dryden, Durham, North Carolina: Digitally reprinted by The Seeman Printery (2018, originally 1961 by UNC Press).
- 6 Wikipedia, "John Dryden", (accessed 04/18/2020).