Introduction

Biography

Dryden was the hus­band of La­dy Eliz­abeth How­ard (married 1663)

The son of Pu­ri­tans, he was edu­cat­ed at Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Cam­bridge (BA 1654).

He was ap­point­ed Po­et Lau­re­ate and His­to­rio­gra­pher Roy­al in 1670.

Works

• Heroic Stan­zas on the Death of Ol­iv­er Crom­well, 1658
• Astrae Redux
• A Pa­ne­gyr­ic on the Co­ro­na­tion