• John Milton was born in Bread Street, London, on 9 December 1608, the son of composer John Milton and his wife Sarah Jeffrey.
  • In March 1649, less than two months after the execution of Charles I, John Milton took on the position of Secretary for Foreign Tongues to the Commonwealth...
  • Milton’s paternal grandfather, Richard, was a staunch Roman Catholic who expelled his son John, the poet’s father, from the family home in Oxfordshire for...
  • John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet and intellectual who wrote during a period of political and religious turmoil.
  • John Milton was born in Bread Street, London on 9 December 1608, to composer John Milton and his wife Sarah Jeffrey.
  • John Milton was born on 9th December 1608 in Bread Street, London, in England.
  • According to the poet’s earliest biographer, John Milton senior was disinherited in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth’s reign for reading the Bible.
  • On 16th March his son John is born. The Milton family move to a house in Petty France in Westminster, near St Jame’s Park.
  • John Milton began his political career and wrote several pamphlets and books on politics.