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John Milton
- Born: December 9, 1608, London, England
- Died: November 8, 1674 (aged 65), London, England
- Notable Works: Paradise Lost (1667), Areopagitica (1644)
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual.
He served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell, and was also known for his poetry and writings that often tackled political issues in a time of religious and political instability.
The phases of Milton’s life parallel the major historical and political divisions in Stuart Britain.
He had radical views which gave him a public platform, developed from his very extensive reading, as well as travel and experience, from his student days of the 1620s to the English Civil War.
While his poetry was written mostly for private circulation, he launched a career as pamphleteer and publicist under the increasingly personal rule of Charles I, and even was appointed
