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Biography of John Donne
John Donne was was a seventeenth century scholar, poet and cleric.
When and Where was he Born?
Between 22nd January 1572, London, England.
Family Background:
John Donne was born of Roman Catholic parents, John, a prosperous ironmonger and a warden of the Ironmongers Company and Elizabeth Donne, nee Heywood the daughter of a poet and playwright John Heywood.
John donne biography timeline for kids
His mother was also a descendent of Sir Thomas More. His father was a prosperous merchant. He was the third of six children.
Education:
Hart Hall, later Hertford College, Oxford at the age of 11 and then Cambridge University to study law.
As graduates at the time were required to take the Oath of Supremacy he refused, being a Catholic, and did not get his degree.
Timeline of John Donne
1576: Death of his father. His mother later marries Dr.
John Syminges a wealthy widower who already had three children.
1577: Death of his sister Elizabeth.
1578: Death of his sisters Katherine and M