John Dryden

John Dryden

male, deceased (1700)
buried at Westminster Abbey, Literary dunce, Translator, Fellow of the Royal Society, writer, Playwright…English Poets Laureate, English, EnglishRestoration, Restoration England
John Dryden (August 19 {August 9 O.S.1631 – May 12 {May 1 O.S.}, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and pl...
Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

male, deceased (1703)
patronage, nineteenth century, Old Pauline, from the City of London, Fellow of the Royal Society, Diarist…Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament, EnglishRestoration, English
Samuel Pepys, FRS (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his di...
Charles Ii Of England

Charles Ii Of England

male, deceased (1685)
westminster abbey, Merrie Monarch, scone, cavalier, Battle of Worcester, Royalist…English Interregnum, English Parliament, Second English Civil War, the Restoration, English Civil War
Charles II (29 May 1630 - 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. According to royalists, Charles II became king when his...
Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn

female, deceased (1689)
English women writer, Women writer, Women poet, Women novelist, Women dramatists and playwright, buried at Westminster Abbey…restoration, English, EnglishRestoration, first English professional authoress
Aphra Behn (July 10, 1640 - April 16, 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female...
William Wycherley

William Wycherley

male, deceased (1716)
Shrewsbury, Vanbrugh, Playwright, charles ii, dramatist, Church of England…restoration, EnglishRestoration, English
William Wycherley was an English dramatist of the Restoration period. He was born at Clive, near Shrewsbury, where his family was settled on a...
John Vanbrugh

John Vanbrugh

male, deceased (1726)
The Provoked Wife, English officer of arms, women's rights, British Whig Party, William III, Restoration Comedy…EnglishRestoration, English Baroque, Restoration comedies, English, restoration
Sir John Vanbrugh (pronounced "Van'-bru") (January 24 1664?-March 26 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the...
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

male, deceased (1688)
Fellow of the Royal Society, Board of Green Cloth, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, St John's College, Oxford, Royalist, Lyme Regis…EnglishRestoration, English, restoration, English Civil War
Sir Winston Churchill FRS (18 April 1620-26 March 1688), was an English soldier, historian and politician. He was the father of John Churchill, 1st...
John Evelyn

John Evelyn

male, deceased (1706)
Wotton, Evelyn Tables, Wotton, Surrey, padua, Balliol College, Oxford, English Civil War…restoration, English, EnglishRestoration
John Evelyn was an English writer, gardener and diarist. Evelyn's diaries are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the...
Nell Gwyn

Nell Gwyn

female, deceased (1687)
from Windsor, Berkshire, From Herefordshire, Mistress of British royalty, actress, restoration, from WestmInster…English, EnglishRestoration, The First English Actress
Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), born Eleanor, (2 February 1650 - 14 November 1687), was one of the earliest English actresses to receive prominent...
John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester

John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester

male, deceased (1680)
renounced, deathbed conversion, libertine, atheism, restoration, English…EnglishRestoration
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (April 1, 1647-July 26, 1680) was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much...