John Milton

John Milton was born in London on December 9, 1608, and
studied at the University of Cambridge. He originally
planned to become a clergyman, but abandoned those ambitions
to become a poet. Political in his writings, he served a
government post during the time of the Commonwealth. In
1952, he went completely blind but he continued to write,
finishing Paradise Lost in 1667, and Paradise Regained in
1671. He died in 1674.