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John Cleveland (16 June 1613 – 29 April 1658) was an English poet who supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was best known for political satire. Early life. Cleveland was born in Loughborough, the son of Thomas Cleveland, Vicar of Hinckley (1620–1652), and educated at Hinckley Grammar School.
John Cleveland (born June 16, 1613, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Eng.—died April 29, 1658, London) was an English poet, the most popular of his time, and then and in later times the most commonly abused Metaphysical poet.
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Read poems by John Cleveland, a seventeenth-century English poet and a major figure in the Metaphysical school. His poetry reflects his Royalist views, his wit and satire, and his linguistic inventiveness.
Learn about the life and works of John Cleveland, the most popular English poet and political satirist in the mid-17th century. He wrote The Rebel Scot, Fuscara and Mark Antony, among other poems.
John Cleveland, 1613–58, English poet and political satirist. He served the royalist cause both as soldier and poet. His best-known work was The Rebel Scot (1644).
Oct 14, 2024 · Cavalier poet, joined the king's camp in Oxford during the civil war as an active Royalist; he wrote there one of his best‐known satires, ‘The Rebel Scot’. Although criticized during his life as an academic and coterie poet, his works were highly popular.
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John Cleveland was an English poet. The son of an usher in a charity school, Cleveland was born in Loughborough, and educated at Hinckley Grammar School. Admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge, he graduated BA in 1632 and became a fellow of St John's College in 1634.
