Poet Robert Herrick

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Robert Herrick

Living place: England

Birthday: 24-8-1591

Global rank: #60083

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Who is Poet Robert Herrick?
Seventeen Centuries of English Poetry is best known for works such as the Hesperides and "To the Virgins, to Make Most of the Time." The secondary work, a diem carpe (capture-a-day) poem, contains lines His first famous poem, "Rose buds, gather quickly."
He wrote more than 2,500 poems, about half of which are contained in a 1648 collection titled Hesperides.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied at Trinity Hall and at St. John, Cambridge.

Family life info

He was a bachelor for his entire life. He worked as both a pastor and a poet.

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He is a contemporary of fellow poet John Donne.

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When was Poet Robert Herrick born?
Robert Herrick was born in 24-8-1591, death year is , at the age of 433.
Where is Poet Robert Herrick's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Robert Herrick was born in England. is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Robert Herrick's global rank is 60083 and whose rank is 322 in list of famous Poet.
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Birthday Robert Herrick (24-8) in history

  • Day 24-8 year 79: The volcano Vesuvius suddenly awoke and erupted lava that buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
  • Day 24-8 year 1572: A dark day for the Huguenots when 70,000 French Protestants were massacred on Saint Bartholomew's Day.
  • Day 24-8 year 1814: The British set fire to the White House and the Capitol when they invaded Washington, DC during the War of 1812.
  • Day 24-8 year 1821: Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba.
  • Day 24-8 year 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.
  • Day 24-8 year 1968: France became the world's fifth nuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.
  • Day 24-8 year 1989: Pete Rose was banned from baseball for gambling.
  • Day 24-8 year 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the general secretary of the Communist Party after a failed coup attempt against him.
  • Day 24-8 year 1992: Hurricane Andrew hit Florida, causing record damage.
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