English

English Bahasa Indonesia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Polski Português Svenska Tiếng Việt Türkçe Русский العربية فارسی हिन्दी 한국어 中文日本語

File:John_Dryden_portrait_painting.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ213355· pop 96· linked from 1,261 articles

John Dryden

17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)

AI overview

John Dryden was a leading English poet and playwright of the 1600s who shaped literature during a transformative period in British history. His works and influence on drama and poetry made him one of the most important literary figures of his era.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born: 9 August 1631
Died: 1 May 1700
Works: 940

Top works

The tempest, or The enchanted island
Poetical works
The best of Dryden
The wild gallant
Annus mirabilis

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: England
Active from: 1631
Active to: 1700

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 120
Total plays: 486

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,574x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,691x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,351x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,324x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,849x

via Crossref · CC0

Quotes

“An horrid stillness first invades the ear,And in that silence we the tempest fear.”
“All things are hush'd, as Nature's self lay dead,The Mountains seem to nod their drowsy head;The little Birds in dreams their Songs repeat,And sleeping Flowers, beneath the night-dew sweat;Even Lust and Envy sleep.”
“But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be;Within that circle none durst walk but he.”
“Their heavenly harps a lower strain began,And in soft music mourn the fall of man.”
“Thespis, the first professor of our art,At country wakes sung ballads from a cart.”
“Happy who in his verse can gently steerFrom grave to light, from pleasant to severe.”

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Wikidata facts

Image: John Dryden (Richardson, c. 1730s).jpg

Show 7 more facts

date of birth: 1631-08-09
date of death: 1700-05-01
Commons category: John Dryden
Commons gallery: John Dryden
Commons Creator page: John Dryden
name in native language: John Dryden
P12749: Jyrki Katainen

Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to John Dryden, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

~26 min read

Article

John Dryden (/ˈdraɪdən/; 19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romantic writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".

Early life