Dryden, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
DRYDEN, JOHN 1631 1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic...exposition of the Protestant laymans creed. In 1687, however, Dryden announced his conversion to Roman Catholicism in The Hind...poets. With the accession of the Protestant William III, Dryden lost his laureateship and court patronage. Throughout his...