John Milton was born on December 9, 1608[1], in Cheapside[2]. He died on November 8, 1674[3], in London[4]. He worked as a poet[5], writer[6], and politician[7]. He ranks in the top 0.54% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,905 views/month, #5,354 of 1,000,298).[8]
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Things named for John Milton include Milton[49] and Centrodora miltoni[50].
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John Milton has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] He is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
He has been cited as an influence by C. S. Lewis[53], a writer[54], 1898–1963[55], of United Kingdom[56], awarded the honorary doctorate at the Laval University[57], specialised in writing[58]; William Blake[59], a painter[60], 1757–1827[61], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[62], specialised in poetry[63]; George Sand[64], a writer[65], 1804–1876[66], of France[67]; T. S. Eliot[68], a playwright[69], 1888–1965[70], of United States[71], awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature[72]; Percy Bysshe Shelley[73], a linguist[74], 1792–1822[75], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[76]; and John Keats[77], a poet[78], 1795–1821[79], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[80], specialised in poetry[81].
Works attributed to him include Paradise Lost[82], Paradise Regained[83], Areopagitica[84], Samson Agonistes[85], Lycidas[86], and When I Consider How My Light is Spent[87]. Entities named for him include Milton[49] and Centrodora miltoni[50].
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