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DONNE, JOHN (1573–1631)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 417 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DONNE, See also:JOHN (1573–1631) , See also:English poet and divine of the reign of See also:James I., was See also:born in 1573 in the See also:parish of St See also:Nicholas Olave, in the See also:city of See also:London. His See also:father was a wealthy See also:merchant, who next See also:year became See also:warden of the See also:Company of Ironmongers, but died See also:early in 1576. Donne's parents were Catholics, and his See also:mother, See also:Elizabeth See also:Heywood, was directly descended from the See also:sister of the See also:great See also:Sir See also:Thomas More; she was the daughter of John Heywood the epigrammatist. As a See also:child, Donne's precocity was such that it was said of him that " this See also:age hath brought forth another See also:Pico della See also:Mirandola." He entered See also:Hart See also:Hall, See also:Oxford, in See also:October 1584, and See also:left it in 1587, proceeding for a See also:time to See also:Cambridge, where he took his degree: At Oxford he began his friendship with See also:Henry See also:Wotton, and at Cambridge, probably, with See also:Christopher See also:Brooke.

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