Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney, after Antonis Mor
Born	30 November 1554 Penshurst Place, Kent, England
Died	17 October 1586(1586-10-17) (aged 31) Zutphen, Netherlands
Buried	Old St Paul's Cathedral, London
Noble family	Sidney
Spouse(s)	Frances Burke, Countess of Clanricarde
Father	Sir Henry Sidney
Mother	Lady Mary Dudley
Writing career
Language	Early Modern English
Period	Elizabethan era
Genres	Sonnet pastoral romance treatise
Literary movement	English Renaissance Petrarchism
Notable works	The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age. His works include a sonnet sequence, Astrophel and Stella, a treatise, The Defence of Poesy (also known as The Defence of Poesie or An Apology for Poetrie) and a pastoral romance, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia.