What position was John Dryden appointed to in 1668?
John Dryden John Dryden John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668. 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. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John". Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire, where his maternal grandfather was rector of All Saints. He was the eldest of fourteen children born to Erasmus Dryden and wife Mary Pickering, paternal grandson
John Dryden (writer, born 1668) John Dryden (writer, born 1668) John Dryden (1668–1701), was a writer. He was second son of the poet John Dryden (1631–1700) and was educated at Westminster and University College, Oxford. He translated Juvenal's fourteenth satire for his father's version, and wrote one comedy. John Dryden, born at Charlton in 1668, was the second son of John Dryden the poet, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire. he followed his elder brother Charles to Westminster School, and was elected to Christ Church in 1685. His father preferred to place him under the care of Obadiah Walker,