Author · 1608 to 1674
John Milton
John Milton was an English poet and campaigner for freedom who wrote Paradise Lost after going blind.
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Written in the dark
He dictated his greatest poem.
Free speech
Areopagitica argued against censorship.
Government man
He worked for Cromwell's Council of State.
Son of a composer
His father wrote music.
Timeline
- 1608
Born in London.
- 1644
Areopagitica.
- 1652
Totally blind.
- 1667
Paradise Lost, in ten books.
- 1674
Second edition, in twelve books. Dies on 8 November.
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- John Milton 1, William Faithorne, Public domain