John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

English poet, and peer of the realm

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1647

Place of Birth: Ditchley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1680

Profession: writer, poet, playwright

Zodiac Sign: Aries

John Wilmot (1 April 1647 – 26 July 1680) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court.
The Restoration reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era.
Rochester embodied this new era, and he became as well known for his rakish lifestyle as his poetry, although the two were often interlinked.
He died as a result of venereal disease at the age of 33. Rochester was described by his contemporary Andrew Marvell as "the best English satirist," and he is generally considered to be the most considerable poet and the most learned among the Restoration wits.
His poetry was widely censored during the Victorian era, but enjoyed a revival from the 1920s onwards, with reappraisals from noted literary figures such as Graham Greene and Ezra Pound.
The critic Vivian de Sola Pinto linked Rochester's libertinism to Hobbesian materialism.During his lifetime, Rochester was best known for A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind, and it remains among his best-known works today.



Alternative names	Sir Peter Lely, Peter Lelio, Peter Lilley, Peter Lilly, Peter Lylly, Pieter Lelij, Birth name: Pieter van der Faes
Description	English painter and art collector
Date of birth/death	14 September 1618	30 November 1680
Location of birth/death	Soest	London
Work period	between circa 1637 and circa 1680 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1637-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Haarlem (6 October 1637), London (1641-1680), Amsterdam (1656)
Authority control	: Q161336 VIAF: 47033545 ISNI: 0000 0000 8379 8302 ULAN: 500002184 LCCN: n85028378 NLA: 35930356 WorldCat