Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680

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Name (Latin)
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680
Other forms of name
John, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680
Bendo, Alexander, 1647-1680
Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of
Wilmot, John, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680
Date of birth
1647-04-10
Date of death
1680-07-26
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Courts and courtiers
Poetry
Occupation
Authors
Favorites, Royal
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 34465786
Wikidata: Q358912
Library of congress: n 79027135
Sources of Information
  • InU/Wing STC files(usage: person of honour; E. of R.)
  • Parsons, R. A sermon preached at the funeral of the Rt. Honorable John, Earl of Rochester ... 1680.
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Wikipedia description:

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 (O.S.) – 26 July 1680 (O.S.)) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court, who reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era. Rochester embodied this new era, and he became as well known for his rakish lifestyle as for his poetry, although the two were often interlinked. He died as a result of a sexually transmitted infection at the age of 33. Rochester was described by his contemporary Andrew Marvell as "the best English satirist", and he is generally considered to be the most considerable poet and the most learned among the Restoration wits. His poetry was widely censored during the Victorian era, but enjoyed a revival from the 1920s onwards, with reappraisals from noted literary figures such as Graham Greene and Ezra Pound. The critic Vivian de Sola Pinto linked Rochester's libertinism to Hobbesian materialism. During his lifetime Rochester was best known for A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind and it remains among his best-known works today.

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