births
John Donne, English poet and cleric in the Church of England, wrote the Holy Sonnets (died 1631)
Related Wikipedia articles
John Donne
English poet and cleric (1572–1631)
John Donne was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under Royal Patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Church of England
Anglican church in England
The Church of England is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It was the initial church of the Anglican tradition. The Church traces its history to the Christian hierarchy recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Holy Sonnets
Series of 19 poems by John Donne
The Holy Sonnets—also known as the Divine Meditations or Divine Sonnets—are a series of nineteen poems by the English poet John Donne (1572–1631). The sonnets were first published in 1633—two years after Donne's death. They are written predominantly in the style and form…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)