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Wikipedia: John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, author, polemicist and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. He is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. He was a scholarly man of letters, a polemical writer, and an official serving under Oliver Cromwell.
![[Milton dictating "Paradise Lost", c. 1826. Artist: Eugène Delacroix]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Eug_C3_A8ne_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_032_s.jpg "Milton dictating \"Paradise Lost\", c. 1826. Artist: Eugène Delacroix")
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![[Statue of Milton in Temple of British Worthies, Stowe]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Temple_of_British_Worthies_John_Milton_s.jpg "Statue of Milton in Temple of British Worthies, Stowe")
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![[Frontispiece to Milton: a Poem]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Milton_by_Blake_s.jpg "Frontispiece to Milton: a Poem")
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![[Milton later in life]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/John_Milton_1_s.jpg "Milton later in life")
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