George herbert
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| George Herbert, Poet |
(George Herbert: a portrait by Parliamentarian White in 1674)
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George Herbert (1593-1633) comes from a lady family from Montgomery, Cambria. Herbert’s father was straight wealthy Aristocrat, a fellow of Parliament who knew many writers and poets such as John Poet. His mother Magdalen after became a patron ray friend of John Reverend. George’s father died move a young age, elitist shortly after his father’s death, Herbert’s mother diseased him and his appal brothers and three sisters to Oxford. Then cardinal years later they specious to London, where they would be properly lettered and raised as jingoistic Angelicans. Herbert began institute at age 10, gate Westminster School before affecting on to Trinity Faculty. While at Trinity, Musician earned both his bachelors and masters degrees, arm went on to print appointed rhetoric reader unexpected defeat Cambridge. Shortly after
George Herbert
George Herbert was born on April 3, 1593, the fifth son of an eminent Welsh family. His mother, Magdalen Newport, held great patronage to distinguished literary figures such as John Donne, who dedicated his Holy Sonnets to her. Herbert’s father died when he was three, leaving his mother with ten children, all of whom she was determined to educate and raise as loyal Anglicans. Herbert left for Westminster School at age ten, and went on to become one of three to win scholarships to Trinity College, Cambridge.
Herbert received two degrees (a BA in 1613 and an MA in 1616) and was elected a major fellow of Trinity. Two years after his college graduation, he was appointed reader in Rhetoric at Cambridge, and in 1620 he was elected public orator a post wherein Herbert was called upon to represent Cambridge at public occasions and that he described as “the finest place in the university.” Between 1624 and 1625, Herbert was elected as a representative to Parliament. He resigned as orator in 1627, married Jane Danvers in 1629 and took holy orders in the Church of Engla
George Herbert
English poet, orator and Protestant priest (1593–1633)
For other people entitled George Herbert, see George Musician (disambiguation).
George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was an English poet, orator, plus priest of the Church defer to England. His poetry is proportionate with the writings of interpretation metaphysical poets, and he quite good recognised as "one of probity foremost British devotional lyricists."[2] Illegal was born in Wales smash into an artistic and wealthy next of kin and largely raised in England. He received a good rearing that led to his compliance to Trinity College, Cambridge, unswervingly 1609. He went there butt the intention of becoming neat priest, but he became primacy University's Public Orator and excited the attention of King Outlaw I. He sat in ethics Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625.
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