Ancestry of
John Dryden

England's First Poet Laureate

John Dryden

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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:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 12 May 1700 
  • Death Location:
  • London, England 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England 
  • Notes: 

  • English poet, playwright, and literary critic

    England's first Poet Laureate

• Marriages for John Dryden

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Howard

• Sources for John Dryden

  • ¹ Find A Grave , (accessed 04/18/2020).
  • ² Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc, Se ries 10, Vol 5, Jan-Jun 1906 , London: Office (1906) , 82-84, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ³ Church Monuments Society , "John Dryden, Poet Laureate (D. 1700)" , (accessed 04/18/2020).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, 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 b y UNC Press) .
  • ⁶ Wikipedia , "John Dryden" , (accessed 04/18/2020).