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John Milton was born in Bread Street, London, on 9 December 1608, the son of composer John Milton and his wife Sarah Jeffrey. The senior John Milton (1562–1647) moved to London around 1583 after being disinherited by his devout Catholic father Richard "the Ranger" Milton for embracing Protestantism. [7]
John Milton (1562–1647) was an English composer and father of poet John Milton. [1] His compositions were mostly religious in theme. A financial worker by trade, he also wrote poetry.
John Milton, Sr.'s business owned many properties and was involved in making loans. [2] He was from a yeoman family and was raised in Oxford, where he trained as a chorister. However, when Richard Milton, his father and a staunch Roman Catholic, discovered that John Milton, Sr. had Protestant leanings, he disinherited his son. [1]
Diodati's father Theodore was a court and fashionable Swiss-Italian physician in England, ... The Life of John Milton. Oxford: Blackwells Publishers, 2003. Miller ...
He agreed to the sale of Crowell by his father, and acquired some ready money. [2] In June 1665 Ellwood hired a cottage for Milton at Chalfont St. Giles, where the poet lived during the Great Plague of London. On 1 July he was arrested while attending a funeral at Amersham, and spent a month in Aylesbury gaol.
John Milton (composer) (1563–1647), English composer, father of the poet John Milton (Florida politician) (1807–1865), Governor of Florida and relative of the poet John Milton (Georgia politician) (c. 1740–1804), Georgia Secretary of State and grandfather of the Florida Governor
The topic of these poems places them within a genre of Christian literature popular during the 17th century and places Milton alongside of poets like John Donne, Richard Crashaw, and George Herbert. However, Milton's poetry reflects the origins of his anti-William Laud and anti-Church of England based religious beliefs. [4]
John Milton's legacy as a Georgia founding father led to the naming of a county after him. Milton County, Georgia was formed in 1857, with a population of 6,730 in 1930, merged with Fulton County on January 1, 1932, through an act of the state legislature. [11] In 2010 there was an effort to revive Milton County by separating portions of Fulton ...