Born London 1608.

Educated at St. Paul's school, and in 1625 enrolled at Christ's College, Cambridge.

His father wanted him to be a lawyer, but took it very well when his son announced that he intended to make the writing of poetry his life's work.

In 1629, he wrote "On the morning of Christ's Nativity,".

Later he wrote a masque, which was presented in 1634, at Ludlow Castle.

Between 1641 and 1660, Milton wrote almost no poetry.

One work that Milton wrote but never published was a theological treatise called De Doctrina Christiana ("On Christian Doctrine").

In 1642 Milton married Mary Powell.

Mary and John had three daughters.

She died in 1652.

Milton had gone blind and now composed his poems in his head, dictating each day to his daughters.

It retirement he produced his three long poems, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.

Died 8 November 1674.



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