George Wither Writer

George Wither (11 June 1588 O.S. (21 June 1588 NS) – 2 May 1667 O.S. (12 May 1667 NS)) was an English poet, pamphleteer, and satirist. He was a prolific writer who adopted a deliberate plainness of style; he was several times imprisoned. C. V. Wedgwood wrote "every so often in the barren acres of his verse is a stretch enlivened by real wit and observation, or fired with a sudden intensity of feeling".

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George Wither
Birth dateJune 11, 1588
Birth place
Hampshire , Bentworth
Date of deathMay 02, 1667
Place of death
London

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  1. http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/361.html