George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (born 1535)

George Gascoigne

16th-century English poet and courtier

George Gascoigne was an English poet, soldier and unsuccessful courtier. He is considered the most important poet of the early Elizabethan era, following Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and leading to the emergence of Philip Sidney. He was the first poet to…