1653 - 1683.

Graduated, Oxford University and entered the teaching profession.

His works include 'A Satire upon a Woman Who by Her Falsehood and Scorn Was the Death of My Friend' (1678), 'Satires upon the Jesuits' (1679), and 'A Satire Against Virtue' (1679).

Oldham's poetry and translations of Juvenal were collected in 'Poems and Translations', published after his death.

Died of smallpox at age 30.

John Dryden's elegy, 'To the Memory of Mr. Oldham' lamented the poet's early death and unfulfilled potential.



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